Ecclesiastes 11:8 — Bible Verse (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.”
Ecclesiastes 11:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 11:8 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 11:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 11:8 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 11:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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.”
Ecclesiastes 11:8 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 11:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“But, if man liveth many years, In all of them let him rejoice, And remember the days of darkness, For they are many! all that is coming <FI>is<Fi> vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 11:8 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 11:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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.”
Ecclesiastes 11:8 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 11:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Though a man liue many yeeres, and in them all he reioyce, yet hee shall remember the daies of darkenesse, because they are manie, all that commeth is vanitie.”
Ecclesiastes 11:8 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 11:8 in Context — Ecclesiastes 11
6 Por la mañana siembra tu simiente, y á la tarde no dejes reposar tu mano: porque tú no sabes cuál es lo mejor, si esto ó lo otro, ó si ambas á dos cosas son buenas.
7 Suave ciertamente es la luz, y agradable á los ojos ver el sol:
8 Mas si el hombre viviere muchos años, y en todos ellos hubiere gozado alegría; si después trajere á la memoria los días de las tinieblas, que serán muchos, todo lo que [le] habrá pasado, [dirá haber sido] vanidad.
9 Alégrate, mancebo, en tu mocedad, y tome placer tu corazón en los días de tu juventud; y anda en los caminos de tu corazón, y en la vista de tus ojos: mas sabe, que sobre todas estas cosas te traerá Dios á juicio.
10 Quita pues el enojo de tu corazón, y aparta el mal de tu carne: porque la mocedad y la juventud son vanidad.
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