Ecclesiastes 5:20 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁰For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

Ecclesiastes 5:20 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 65:13-14
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: …
Isaiah 65:21-24
And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. …
Psalms 37:16
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Psalms 4:6-7
There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. …
Romans 5:1
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 18-20)

Solomon, from the vanity of riches hoarded up, here infers that the best course we can take is to use well what we have, to serve God with it, to do good with it, and take the comfort of it to ourselves and our families; this he had pressed before, Eccl. 2:24; 3:22. Observe, 1. What it is that is here recommended to us, not to indulge the appetites of the flesh, or to take up with present pleasure…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 20)

20. He will not remember much, looking back with disappointment, as the ungodly do (Ec 2:11), on the days of his life. answereth ... in the joy--God answers his prayers in giving him “power” to enjoy his blessings. Gesenius and Vulgate translate, “For God (so) occupies him with joy,” &c., that he thinks not much of the shortness and sorrows of life. Holden, “Though God gives not much (as to real e…