Ecclesiastes 5:20 {19}
Good News Translation
Since God has allowed us to be happy, we will not worry too much about how short life is.

New Revised Standard Version
For they will scarcely brood over the days of their lives, because God keeps them occupied with the joy of their hearts.

Contemporary English Version
God will keep you so happy that you won't have time to worry about each day.

New American Bible
For they will hardly dwell on the shortness of life, because God lets them busy themselves with the joy of their heart.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For he shall not much remember the days of his life, because God entertaineth his heart with delight.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For he shall not much remember the days of his life, because God entertaineth his heart with delight.

for he shall not much remember

Psalm 37:16 Better is a little to the just, than the great riches of the wicked.

because

Deuteronomy 28:8-12,47 The Lord will send forth a blessing upon thy storehouses, and upon all the works of thy hands: and will bless thee in the land that thou shalt receive. . . .

Psalm 4:6,7 The light of thy countenance, O Lord, is signed upon us: thou hast given gladness in my heart. . . .

Isaiah 64:5 Thou hast met him that rejoiceth, and doth justice: in thy ways they shall remember thee: behold thou art angry, and we have sinned: in them we have been always, and we shall be saved.

Isaiah 65:13,14,21-24 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold my servants shall eat, and you shall be hungry: behold my servants shall drink, and you shall be thirsty. . . .

Romans 5:1,5-11 Being justified therefore by faith, let us have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ: . . .

Context
The Futility of Wealth
19And every man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to enjoy his portion, and to rejoice of his labour: this is the gift of God. 20For he shall not much remember the days of his life, because God entertaineth his heart with delight.
Cross References
Exodus 23:25
And you shall serve the Lord your God, that I may bless your bread and your waters, and may take away sickness from the midst of thee.

Ecclesiastes 6:1
There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and that frequent among men:

Ecclesiastes 5:19
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