Ecclesiastes 5:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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

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)

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

Common English Bible

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 serve 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,