Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Ecclesiastes 6:2

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a man: Ecc 5:19; Kg1 3:13; Ch1 29:25, Ch1 29:28; Ch2 1:11; Dan 5:18 so: Ecc 2:4-10; Deu 8:7-10; Jdg 18:10; Job 21:9-15; Psa 17:14, Psa 73:7; Luk 12:19, Luk 12:20 yet: A man may possess much earthly goods, and yet have neither the heart nor power to enjoy them. Possession and fruition are not necessarily joined together; and this is also among the vanities of life, and was and still is a very "common evil among men." It belongs to God as much to give the power to enjoy, as it does to give earthly blessings. but: Deu 28:33, Deu 28:43; Psa 39:6; Lam 5:2; Hos 7:9 vanity: Ecc 4:4, Ecc 4:8, Ecc 5:16 Ecclesiastes 6:3

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