Ecclesiastes 5:18--6:9
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.]
man ............................. someone <0376> [a man.]
lacks <02638> [so.]
God ................... God <0430> [yet.]
A man may possess much earthly goods, and yet have neither the heart nor power to enjoy them. Possession and fruition are not necessarily joined together; and this is also among the vanities of life, and was and still is a very "common evil among men." It belongs to God as much to give the power to enjoy, as it does to give earthly blessings.
man ............................. someone <0376> [but.]
fruitless <01892> [vanity.]
man <0376> [a man.]
time <03117> [so.]
live forever <06900> [and also.]
stillborn child <05309> [that an.]
name <08034> [his name.]
<02088> [this.]
if <0432> [though.]
enjoy <07200> [yet.]
die <01980> [do.]
labor <05999> [the labour.]
appetite <05315> [appetite. Heb. soul.]
wise <02450> [what hath the wise.]
pauper <06041> [the poor.]
better <02896> [Better.]
one's heart .... crave <05315 01980> [wandering of the desire. Heb. walking of the soul.]
futile <01892> [this.]
