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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

蒙　神賜予財富與資產的人，　神都使他能夠享用，並取自己的分，在勞碌中自得其樂，這是　神的恩賜。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
　 神 赐 人 资 财 丰 富 ， 使 他 能 以 吃 用 ， 能 取 自 己 的 分 ， 在 他 劳 碌 中 喜 乐 ， 这 乃 是 　 神 的 恩 赐 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁸ I have seen what is best for people here on earth. They should eat and drink and enjoy their work, because the life God has given them on earth is short. ¹⁹ God gives some people the ability to enjoy the wealth and property he gives them, as well as the ability to accept their state in life and enjoy their work. ²⁰ They do not worry about how short life is, because God keeps them busy with what they love to do.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

to whom: Ecclesiastes 2:24, Ecclesiastes 3:13, Ecclesiastes 6:2, Deuteronomy 8:18, 1 Kings 3:13

this is: Ecclesiastes 2:24-26

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 29:12 - riches Job 1:21 - the Lord gave Psalms 128:2 - thou shalt eat Proverbs 21:20 - treasure 1 Timothy 6:17 - richly

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth,.... Which include the whole of a man's substance; all his estate, personal and real; and all his goods and possessions, movable and immovable, as gold, silver, cattle, fields, and farms; which are all the gift of God, by whatsoever means they may be acquired or possessed;

and hath given him power; or, "caused him to have dominion" r, over his wealth and riches, and not be a slave to them, as many are: but to have so much command of them and of himself, as

to eat thereof; comfortably enjoy them; and dispose of them to his own good, the good of others, and the glory of God. It follows,

and to take his portion; which God hath allotted him; to take it thankfully, and use it freely and comfortably;

and to rejoice in his labour; in the things he has been labouring for, in a cheerful use of them; blessing God for them, and taking the comfort of them;

this [is] the gift of God; to have such power over his substance, and not be a slave to it, and to enjoy the fruits of his labour, in a cheerful and comfortable manner; this is as much the gift of God as riches themselves s.

r השליטו "eumque dominari eum fecerit", Tigurine version; "imperare fecit eum", Gejerus; "dominari eum fecerit", Rambachius. s "Di tibi divitias dederunt, artemque fruendi", Horat. Ep. l. 1. Ep. 4. v. 7.