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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 5:20

Verse Ecclesiastes 5:20. For he shall not much remember] The person who acts in this way, extracts all the good requisite from life. He passes through things temporal so as not to lose those that are eternal: -

"Calm and serene, the road of life to him,

Or long or short, rugged or smooth, with thorns

O'erspread, or gay with flowers, is but a road.

Such fare as offers grateful he accepts,

And smiling to his native home proceeds."

C.

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See also Ecclesiastes 5:20 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The days will pass smoothly and pleasantly, while he lives in the consciousness of God’s favor. ANSWERETH HIM - i. e., grants his prayers....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    CONCERNING DESPOTISM AND WEALTH. Ecclesiastes 5:8 f. The oppression and injustice that one sees (_in_ an Oriental satrapy) are not to be wondered at when we remember the graded hierarchy of officials...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ANSWERETH. causeth [things] to respond, as in Hosea 2:21; Hosea 2:22. See note on Ecclesiastes 10:19....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _he shall not much remember the days of his life_ This follows the order of the Hebrew and gives a satisfying meaning: The man who has learnt the secret of enjoyment is not anxious about the days of h...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _ECCLESIASTES 5:19_. EVERY _MAN ALSO TO WHOM,_ &C.— _And indeed any man, to whom God,_ &c. (_for this very thing is certainly a gift of God_) Ecclesiastes 5:20 _will not much remember the days of his...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    c. Exhortation to enjoy the riches God permits Ecclesiastes 5:18-20 TEXT 5:18-20 18 Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat, to drink and enjoy oneself in all one's labor in which h...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart. HE SHALL NOT MUCH REMEMBER. He will not remember much (looking back with disappointment, as t...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    FOR HE SHALL NOT MUCH REMEMBER] He will not be overtroubled by the knowledge that these pleasures are fleeting, and that life itself is uncertain....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 5 BE AFRAID TO MAKE GOD ANGRY – ECCLESIASTES 5:1-7 V1 Be careful when you go to God...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    “In the enjoyment of God’s gifts he does not think much of the sorrows or brevity of life.” This is the usual explanation; and though not satisfied with it, we cannot suggest a better....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Ecclesiastes 5:19]_ כִּ֚י לֹ֣א הַרְבֵּ֔ה יִזְכֹּ֖ר אֶת

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE CONCLUSION. Ecclesiastes 5:18 For himself Coheleth has a very decided opinion on this point. He is quite sure that his first conclusion is sound, though for a moment he had questioned its soundne...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The observation of the religious life brings no truer satisfaction. In this brief passage contempt for religion is not expressed, but there is absolutely no joy or satisfaction manifest. The life is w...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    For he shall not much remember the days of his (p) life; because God answereth [him] in the joy of his heart. (p) He will take no great thought for the pains that he has endured in times past....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS MY soul! are all things here below empty and unsatisfying: and is there a rest that remaineth for the people of God? And wilt thou not, then, after such repeated convictions as these scrip...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR HE SHALL NOT MUCH REMEMBER THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE,.... Be they more or fewer, as Jarchi: he will not think life long and tedious; nor dwell upon, and distress himself with, the troubles he has met w...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth [him] in the joy of his heart._ Ver. 20. _For he shall not much remember, &c._] He vexeth not at the brevity or misery of h...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Every man also_, &c. “And whosoever he be whom God hath blessed, not only with plenty of worldly goods, but also with such a noble and generous mind that he is not their slave, but truly master of th...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For he shall not much remember the days of his life, for the memory of any earthly enjoyment is brief; BECAUSE GOD ANSWERETH HIM IN THE JOY OF HIS HEART, vouchsafing to him such happiness in this life...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    ABSTAINING FROM VICES AND FOSTERING VIRTUES...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "FOR HE WILL NOT OFTEN CONSIDER THE YEARS OF HIS LIFE, BECAUSE GOD KEEPS HIM OCCUPIED WITH THE GLADNESS OF HIS HEART."HE WILL NOT OFTEN CONSIDER THE YEARS OF HIS LIFE" -the years of his life are the f...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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 afflict...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HE SHALL NOT MUCH REMEMBER; so as to disquiet or vex himself therewith. THE DAYS; either, 1. The troubles; days being here put for evil or sad days, by a usual synecdoche, as JOB 18:20 PSALMS 137:7 O...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ecclesiastes 5:20 dwell H2142 (H8799) unduly H7235 (H8687) days H3117 life H2416 God H430 busy H6031 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Ecclesiastes 5:8-7 I. We left Koheleth in the act of exhorting us to fear God. The fear of God, of course, implies a belief in the Divine superintendence of human affairs. This belief Koheleth now pro...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Ecclesiastes 3:1 A profound gloom rests on the second act or section of this drama. It teaches us that we are helpless in the iron grip of laws which we had no voice in making; that we often lie at th...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Warnings against a vain religion. The vanity and vexation attending the possession of wealth. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: We should address ourselves to the worship of God with a...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Ecclesiastes 5:1. _Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God._ Avoid wandering thoughts, and be wholly absorbed in devotion. Do not hear the words of prayer only, but desire the blessings soug...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 5:8 Life “Under the Sun.” The Preacher observes the hardships of life in a fallen world. ⇐...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 5:20 HE WILL NOT MUCH REMEMBER... HIS LIFE. The one to whom God grants contentment focuses on blessings from God rather than the darker realities of human existence....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 5:20. HE SHALL NOT MUCH REMEMBER THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE] An even joy is diffused through them—they pass smoothly and pleasantly along. _Answereth him in the joy of his hea...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 28:47; Deuteronomy 28:8; Isaiah 64:5; Isaiah 65:13;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Remember — So as to disquiet himself. The days — The troubles; days being put here for evil, or, sad days. Answereth — His desires, in giving him solid joy and comfort....

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