Ecclesiastes 5:20 Meaning and Explanation
“For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The one who receives God's gifts with joy is not weighed down brooding over his fleeting days, for God fills his heart with gladness.
What Does Ecclesiastes 5:20 Mean?
This verse closes the chapter on a note of quiet peace. The person who gratefully enjoys God's gifts is freed from anxious dwelling on the shortness and trouble of life.
God Himself "answereth him in the joy of his heart," meeting him with a gladness that occupies his days. This is the rest the chapter has been moving toward: not denial of life's brevity, but a heart so filled with present joy in God that it is not consumed by worry. Such joy is God's answer to the emptiness chased in vain elsewhere, a foretaste of the deeper joy He gives to those who trust Him.
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What does Ecclesiastes 5:20 mean?
The one who receives God's gifts with joy is not weighed down brooding over his fleeting days, for God fills his heart with gladness.