Prediker 5:19

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling

(5-18) Geeft God bovendien aan iemand rijkdom en schatten, en stelt hij hem in staat daarvan te eten en zijn deel te nemen en zich te verblijden bij zijn moeite--dit is een gave Gods.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
(5-18) Maar ook als God aan een mens rijkdom geeft, en goederen, en tevens de macht om daarvan te eten en te drinken voor zijn deel, en vrolijk te zijn in zijnen arbeid, dat is ene gave Gods;

Staten Vertaling
(5:18) Ook een iegelijk mens, aan denwelken God rijkdom en goederen gegeven heeft, en Hij geeft hem de macht, om daarvan te eten, en om zijn deel te nemen, en om zich te verheugen van zijn arbeid, datzelve is een gave van God.

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.