Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:19

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:19 - 5:19

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:19 - 5:19

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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

As Ecc 5:18 refers to the “laboring” man (Ecc 5:12), so Ecc 5:19 to the “rich” man, who gets wealth not by “oppression” (Ecc 5:8), but by “God’s gift.” He is distinguished also from the “rich” man (Ecc 6:2) in having received by God’s gift not only “wealth,” but also “power to eat thereof,” which that one has not.

to take his portion - limits him to the lawful use of wealth, not keeping back from God His portion while enjoying his own.