Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
KJV
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsTherefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.
And turn aside anger from thy heart, And cause evil to pass from thy flesh, For the childhood and the age are vanity!
Then remove discontent from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for childhood and youth are vanity.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).