Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation If God gives us wealth and property and lets us enjoy them, we should be grateful and enjoy what we have worked for. It is a gift from God. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And every man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to enjoy his portion, and to rejoice of his labour: this is the gift of God. to whom Ecclesiastes 2:24 Is it not better to eat and drink, and to shew his soul good things of his labours? and this is from the hand of God. Ecclesiastes 3:13 For every man that eateth and drinketh, and seeth good of his labour, this is the gift of God. Ecclesiastes 6:2 A man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and honour, and his soul wanteth nothing of all that he desireth: yet God doth not give him power to eat thereof, but a stranger shall eat it up. This is vanity and a great misery. Deuteronomy 8:18 But remember the Lord thy God, that he hath given thee strength, that he might fulfil his covenant, concerning which he swore to thy fathers, as this present day sheweth. 1 Kings 3:13 Yea, and the things also which thou didst not ask, I have given thee; to wit, riches and glory: so that no one hath been like thee among the kings in all days heretofore. this is Ecclesiastes 2:24-26 Is it not better to eat and drink, and to shew his soul good things of his labours? and this is from the hand of God. . . . Context The Futility of Wealth…18This therefore hath seemed good to me, that a man should eat and drink, and enjoy the fruit of his labour, wherewith he hath laboured under the sun, all the days of his life, which God hath given him: and this is his portion. 19And every man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to enjoy his portion, and to rejoice of his labour: this is the gift of God.20For he shall not much remember the days of his life, because God entertaineth his heart with delight.… Cross References 2 Chronicles 1:12 Wisdom and knowledge are granted to thee: and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and glory, so that none of the kings before thee, nor after thee, shall be like thee. Ecclesiastes 3:13 For every man that eateth and drinketh, and seeth good of his labour, this is the gift of God. Ecclesiastes 6:2 A man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and honour, and his soul wanteth nothing of all that he desireth: yet God doth not give him power to eat thereof, but a stranger shall eat it up. This is vanity and a great misery. Jump to Previous Accept Eat Enables Enjoy Enjoyment Find Furthermore Gift Gives Happy Joy Labor Moreover Part Pleasure Portion Possessions Power Receive Rejoice Reward Riches Thereof Toil Wealth WorkJump to Next Accept Eat Enables Enjoy Enjoyment Find Furthermore Gift Gives Happy Joy Labor Moreover Part Pleasure Portion Possessions Power Receive Rejoice Reward Riches Thereof Toil Wealth WorkLinks Ecclesiastes 5:19 NIVEcclesiastes 5:19 NLT Ecclesiastes 5:19 ESV Ecclesiastes 5:19 NASB Ecclesiastes 5:19 Bible Apps Ecclesiastes 5:19 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 5:19 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 5:19 French Bible Ecclesiastes 5:19 German Bible Alphabetical: a accept also and any as be eat empowered enables enjoy every for from Furthermore gift given gives God happy has He him his in is labor lot man Moreover of possessions receive rejoice reward riches the them this to wealth when whom work OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 5:19 Every man also to whom God has (Ecclesiast. Ec Ecc Eccles.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |