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Ecclesiastes 5:18-19 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 5 · verses 18–19 · King James Version
18Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion. 19Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.Ecclesiastes 5:18-19 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 5:18-19 in context
16And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
18Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
19Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
20For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
Cross references
- Ecclesiastes 2:24
- Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
- Ecclesiastes 3:22
- Deuteronomy 8:18
- Ecclesiastes 3:13
- Ecclesiastes 6:2
- 2 Chronicles 1:12
- Ecclesiastes 2:24-26
- 1 Kings 3:13
Key words (Strong's)
- portionchêleqproperly, smoothnessH2506 →
- rejoicesâmachprobably to brighten upH8055 →
- comelyyâphehbeautifulH3303 →
- labourʻâmâltoilH5999 →
- takethʻâmalto toilH5998 →
- richesʻôsherwealthH6239 →
- wealthnekeçtreasureH5233 →
- drinkshâthâhto imbibeH8354 →
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