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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:2 - 6:2
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for his soul - that is, his enjoyment.
God giveth him not power to eat - This distinguishes him from the “rich” man in Ecc 5:19. “God hath given” distinguishes him also from the man who got his wealth by “oppression” (Ecc 5:8, Ecc 5:10).
stranger - those not akin, nay, even hostile to him (Jer 51:51; Lam 5:2; Hos 7:9). He seems to have it in his “power” to do as he will with his wealth, but an unseen power gives him up to his own avarice: God wills that he should toil for “a stranger” (Ecc 2:26), who has found favor in God’s sight.