Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Let thy garments be always white; and let not thy head lack oil.
WEB
Let your garments always be white, and never spare the oil for your head.
YLT
At all times let thy garments be white, and let not perfume be lacking on thy head.
DBT
Let thy garments be always white, and let not thy head lack oil.
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).