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,”
2 before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,
3 on the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see dimly,
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Tenk på din skaper i din ungdoms dager, før de onde dager kommer, og det lider mot de år hvorom du vil si: Jeg har ingen glede av dem,
- OTB
- Husk din Skaper i din ungdoms dager, før ulykkens dager kommer og årene nærmer seg da du vil si: «Jeg finner ingen glede i dem»—
- B1930
- Tenk på din skaper i din ungdoms dager, før de onde dager kommer, og det lider mot de år hvorom du vil si: Jeg har ingen glede av dem,
- BSB
- 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,”
- 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;
- WEB
- Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them;”
- 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;
- DARBY
- And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, of which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
- BLB
- And remember your Creator in the days of your youth, while the days of evil have not come, and the years have drawn near when you say, “No delight for me [is] in them!”
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Lamentations 3:27
It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.
Les i sammenhengEcclesiastes 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.
Les i sammenhengPsalms 71:17–18
O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Les i sammenhengLuke 18:16
But Jesus called the children to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
Les i sammenhengPsalms 34:11
Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Les i sammenheng2 Timothy 3:15
From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Les i sammenheng1 Samuel 16:12–13
So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him, for he is the one.”
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