Ecclesiastes 5:20 - New Revised Standard Version

²⁰ For they will scarcely brood over the days of their lives, because God keeps them occupied with the joy of their hearts.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ For he shall not much remember [seriously] the days of his life, because God [Himself] answers and corresponds to the joy of his heart [the tranquillity of God is mirrored in him].

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

²⁰ Indeed, people shouldn’t brood too much over the days of their lives because God gives an answer in their hearts’ joy.

Ecclesiastes 5:20 Cross References

Job 11:16

You will forget your misery; you will remember it as waters that have passed away.

Psalm 37:16

Better is a little that the righteous person has than the abundance of many wicked.

Exodus 23:25

You shall worship the Lord your God, and I will bless your bread and your water; and I will take sickness away from among you.

Ecclesiastes 6:1

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy upon humankind:

Isaiah 64:5

You meet those who gladly do right, those who remember you in your ways. But you were angry, and we sinned; because you hid yourself we transgressed.

Romans 5:1

Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Deuteronomy 28:47

Because you did not serve the Lord your God joyfully and with gladness of heart for the abundance of everything,