Ecclesiastes 5:20
For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
Ecclesiastes 5:20 in other translations
| BSB | For a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart. |
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| WEB | For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life, because God occupies him with the joy of his heart. |
| ASV | For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart. |
| YLT | For he doth not much remember the days of his life, for God is answering through the joy of his heart. |
| DARBY | For he will not much remember the days of his life, because God answereth him with the joy of his heart. |
| BBE | He will not give much thought to the days of his life; because God lets him be taken up with the joy of his heart. |
| Webster | For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart. |
What does Ecclesiastes 5:20 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ecclesiastes 5:18-20
Life is God's gift. We must not view our calling as a drudgery, but take pleasure in the calling where God puts us. A cheerful spirit is a great blessing; it makes employments easy, and afflictions light. Having made a proper use of riches, a man will remember the days of his past life with pleasure. The manner in which Solomon refers to God as the Giver, both of life and its enjoyments, shows they ought to be…
Ecclesiastes 5:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ecclesiastes 5:20
- Isaiah 65:21-24
And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them. And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
- Psalms 37:16
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
- Isaiah 65:13-14
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
- Psalms 4:6-7
There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
- Romans 5:1
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
- Deuteronomy 28:47
Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
- Deuteronomy 28:8-12
The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways. And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee. And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee. …
- Isaiah 64:5
Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
- Romans 5:5-11
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. …
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- Ecclesiastes 5:19
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.
- Ecclesiastes 5:20
For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
Ecclesiastes 5:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque no se acordará mucho de los días de su vida; pues Dios le responderá con alegría de su corazón. |
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| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn er wird nicht viel an die Tage seines Lebens denken, weil Gott ihm die Freude seines Herzens gewährt |