Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
happy <08055> [but.]
Ecclesiastes 5:18-20
beneficial ... appropriate ............. enjoyment <02896 03303> [it is good and comely. Heb. there is a good which is comely, etc.]
days <03117> [the days. Heb. the number of the days. it is his.]
God ................................... God <0430> [to whom.]
these ..... gift <02090 04991> [this is.]
much .... fleeting <07235 02142> [For he shall not much remember. or, Though he give not much, yet he rembemereth, etc.]
God <0430> [because.]
Ecclesiastes 8:15
recommend <07623> [Then I.]
Some consider this as the cavil of an infidel objector, equivalent to the Epicurean maxim, {Ede, bibe, lude; post mortem nulla voluptas,} "Eat, drink, and play; there is no pleasure after death." But it may be regarded as a recommendation of a moderate use of worldly things, with a cheerful and contented mind; which may justly be considered as the greatest advantage which can be made of all below the sun: and amidst all changes, such a frame of mind, if the result of right principles, may and ought to be preserved; and it will be the recompence and solace of all our labours and toils.
