Moreover I have also given you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that no one among the kings will be like you all your days.
Ecclesiastes 5:19 - Tree of Life Version For he will not often consider the days of his life, since God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Also, every man to whom God has given riches and possessions, and the power to enjoy them and to accept his appointed lot and to rejoice in his toil–this is the gift of God [to him]. American Standard Version (1901) Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God. Common English Bible Also, whenever God gives people wealth and riches and enables them to enjoy it, to accept their place in the world and to find pleasure in their hard work—all this is God’s gift. Catholic Public Domain Version And then he will not fully remember the days of his life, because God occupies his heart with delights. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For he shall not much remember the days of his life, because God entertaineth his heart with delight, |
Moreover I have also given you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that no one among the kings will be like you all your days.
wisdom and knowledge will be given to you. Moreover, I will give you riches, possessions and honor, such as none of the kings who were before you ever had and none after you will have.”
Also when anyone eats and drinks, and finds satisfaction in all of his labor, it is the gift of God.
God gives a man riches, wealth and honor, so that he lacks nothing that his heart desires, yet God does not enable him to eat from it—instead a foreigner will eat it. This is fruitless—an agonizing illness.
Rather you are to remember Adonai your God, for it is He who gives you power to make wealth, in order to establish His covenant that He swore to your fathers—as it is this day.