Ecclesiastes 11:8
Yea, 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.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
7Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.
Cross References
Job 10:21before I go where I shall not return, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death,
Job 14:10But man dies, and is laid low. Yea, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
Job 15:23He wanders abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Psalms 49:20A man who is in splendor, and understands not, is like the beasts that perish.
Ecclesiastes 2:15Then said I in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it will happen even to me, and why then was I more wise? Then said I in my heart that this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:19And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 11:8-10
A Caution to the Young; Exhortation to Early Piety. 7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: 8 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. 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into… Read the whole commentary →