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 Pela manhã semeia tua semente, e à tarde não retires tua mão; pois tu não sabes qual [tentativa] dará certo, se uma, se outra, ou se ambas [as tentativas] serão boas.
7 Certamente a luz é agradável, e ver o sol é bom para os olhos.
8 Mesmo se o homem viver muitos anos, [e] em todos eles se alegrar, ele também deve se lembrar dos dias de trevas, porque serão muitos. Tudo o que acontece é futilidade.
9 Alegra-te, rapaz, em tua juventude; e agrada o teu coração nos dias de tua juventude; e anda pelos caminhos do teu coração, e na vista de teus olhos; sabe, porém, que por todas estas coisas, Deus te trará a julgamento.
10 [Portanto] afasta o desagrado de teu coração, e tira de tua carne o mal; pois a adolescência e a juventude são futilidade.
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