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Ecclesiastes 11:10

GriefYouthWorry and anxietyJoy

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.

9 Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.

So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.
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BSB
So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.
KJV
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
WEB
Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
ASV
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
DARBY
Then remove discontent from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for childhood and youth are vanity.
BLB
And remove anger from your heart, and make evil pass from your flesh, for youth and black hair [are] vapor.
ÅB
La gremmelse vike fra ditt hjerte og hold alt ondt borte fra ditt legeme! For ungdom og morgenrøde er tomhet.
OTB
Fjern derfor sorg fra ditt hjerte og hold nød borte fra din kropp, for ungdom og livets morgen er flyktig.
B1930
La gremmelse vike fra ditt hjerte og hold alt ondt borte fra ditt legeme! For ungdom og morgenrøde er tomhet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Corinthians 7:1

    Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

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  • 2 Timothy 2:22

    Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

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  • Ecclesiastes 1:2

    “Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”

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  • Ecclesiastes 1:14

    I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.

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  • 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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  • Job 20:11

    The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.

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  • 2 Peter 3:11–14

    Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness

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  • Psalms 39:5

    You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah

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