Ecclesiastes 8:15 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁵Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 8:15 —

Old words in this verse

abide: — stay, remain, live.

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 2:24
There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
Ecclesiastes 5:18
Behold 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.
Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. …
Ecclesiastes 9:7-9
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. …
1 Timothy 6:17
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

Topics

Adultery Amusements and Worldly Pleasures Atheism Attributes of God Care Carnal Mindedness Cheerfulness Contentment

Commentary

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

(vv. 14-17)

Wise and good men have, of old, been perplexed with this difficulty, how the prosperity of the wicked and the troubles of the righteous can be reconciled with the holiness and goodness of the God that governs the world. Concerning this Solomon here gives us his advice. I. He would not have us to be surprised at it, as though some strange thing happened, for he himself saw it in his days, Eccl. 8:1…

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

(vv. 15)

15. no better thing, &c.--namely, for the “just” man, whose chief good is religion, not for the worldly. abide--Hebrew, “adhere”; not for ever, but it is the only sure good to be enjoyed from earthly labors (equivalent to “of his labor the days of his life”). Still, the language resembles the skeptical precept (1Co 15:32), introduced only to be refuted; and “abide” is too strong language, perhaps,…