Ecclesiastes 12:1
Remember 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,”
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ASV
Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
KJV
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
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19 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וּזְכֹר֙ | u.ze.Khor | and remember | H2142 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| בּ֣וֹרְאֶ֔יךָ | bor.'Ei.kha | creator<s> your | H1254 → |
| בִּימֵ֖י | bi.Mei | in [the] days of | H3117 → |
| בְּחוּרֹתֶ֑יךָ | be.chu.ro.Tei.kha | youth<s> your | H979 → |
| עַ֣ד | 'ad | until | H5704 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | 'a.Sher | that | H834 → |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → |
| יָבֹ֙אוּ֙ | ya.Vo.'u | they will come | H935 → |
| יְמֵ֣י | ye.Mei | [the] days of | H3117 → |
| הָֽרָעָ֔ה | ha.ra.'Ah | <the> evil | H7451 → |
| וְהִגִּ֣יעוּ | ve.hi.Gi.'u | and they will arrive | H5060 → |
| שָׁנִ֔ים | sha.Nim | years | H8141 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| תֹּאמַ֔ר | to.Mar | you will say | H559 → |
| אֵֽין־ | 'ein- | not | H369 → |
| לִ֥י | li | [belongs] to <the> me | |
| בָהֶ֖ם | va.Hem | in <the> them | |
| חֵֽפֶץ׃ | Che.fetz | pleasure | H2656 → |
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