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Ecclesiastes 11:8

So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.

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ASV

Yea, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

KJV

But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֣יkithatH3588 →
אִם־'im-exceptH518 →
שָׁנִ֥יםsha.NimyearsH8141 →
הַרְבֵּ֛הhar.Beh[surely] a multitudeH7235 →
יִחְיֶ֥הyich.Yeh<he> will liveH2421 →
הָאָדָ֖םha.'a.Dam<the> personH120 →
בְּכֻלָּ֣םbe.khu.Lamin all of themH3605 →
יִשְׂמָ֑חyis.Machlet him be take pleasureH8055 →
וְיִזְכֹּר֙ve.yiz.Korand he may rememberH2142 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יְמֵ֣יye.Mei[the] days ofH3117 →
הַחֹ֔שֶׁךְha.Cho.shekh<the> darknessH2822 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
הַרְבֵּ֥הhar.Beh[surely] manyH7235 →
יִהְי֖וּyih.Yu<they> will beH1961 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
שֶׁבָּ֥אshe.Ba'that <it> has comeH935 →
הָֽבֶל׃Ha.vel[is] futilityH1892 →

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Ecclesiastes 12:1Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”John 12:35Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.Deuteronomy 32:29If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.Ecclesiastes 7:14In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.Joel 2:2a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.Ecclesiastes 8:15So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.Jude 1:18when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”Ecclesiastes 12:1–5Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”Ecclesiastes 6:11For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?Ecclesiastes 8:12Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.Job 14:10But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?Matthew 22:13Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’Ecclesiastes 2:21–23When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.Ecclesiastes 2:15So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.Ecclesiastes 2:19And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.Ecclesiastes 4:8There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.Ecclesiastes 4:16There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

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About Ecclesiastes

King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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