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King James Version (KJV)
“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
Scripture focus
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this [is] vanity, and it [is] an evil disease.
Ecclesiastes 6:2 — KJV
God hath given. The Creator and Lord of the universe is God. Whatever there is of good in the world is to be credited to Him.
Riches, wealth, and honour. David acknowledged God as the source of these blessings (1 Chron. 29:12). The “honour” here referred to is that of material glory and splendor, such as God had bestowed upon Solomon (1 Kings 3:13; 2 Chron. 1:11, 12).
Soul. That is, the man himself (see chs. 2:24; 4:8).
Eat. Here used figuratively in the sense of “enjoy,” “take pleasure in,” as in Isa. 3:10; Jer. 15:16.
A stranger. Literally, “a man, a foreigner.” The same word is translated “alien” (Deut. 14:21) and “foreigner” (Deut. 15:3). Here, emphasis is laid upon the fact that this unfortunate man will have no heir of his own to carry on his work and perpetuate his name. Compare the experience of Abraham (Gen. 15:2).
Disease. The same word is translated “grief’ in Isa 53:3, 4; Jer. 6:7; 10:19.
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