Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Returns to the sentiment (Ecclesiastes 3:12-13, Ecclesiastes 3:22); translate: "Behold the good which I have seen, and which is becoming" (in a man).
which God giveth—namely, both the good of his labor and his life.
his portion—legitimately. It is God's gift that makes it so when regarded as such. Such a one will use, not abuse, earthly things (I Corinthians 7:31). Opposed to the anxious life of the covetous (Ecclesiastes 5:10, Ecclesiastes 5:17).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ecclesiastes 5:18:
Ecclesiastes 2:10
Ecclesiastes 2:24
Ecclesiastes 3:13
Ecclesiastes 3:22
Ecclesiastes 5:17
Ecclesiastes 5:19
Ecclesiastes 6:8
Ecclesiastes 7:2
Ecclesiastes 8:14
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Ecclesiastes 11:9
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