Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:18

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:18 - 5:18

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:18 - 5:18

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5:1 - 5:1
5:2 - 5:2
5:3 - 5:3
5:4 - 5:4
5:5 - 5:5
5:6 - 5:6
5:7 - 5:7
5:8 - 5:8
5:9 - 5:9
5:10 - 5:10
5:11 - 5:11
5:12 - 5:12
5:13 - 5:13
5:16 - 5:16
5:17 - 5:17
5:18 - 5:18
5:19 - 5:19
5:20 - 5:20

Returns to the sentiment (Ecc 3:12, Ecc 3:13, Ecc 3:22); translate: “Behold the good which I have seen, and which is becoming” (in a man).

which God giveth - namely, both the good of his labor and his life.

his portion - legitimately. It is God’s gift that makes it so when regarded as such. Such a one will use, not abuse, earthly things (1Co 7:31). Opposed to the anxious life of the covetous (Ecc 5:10, Ecc 5:17).