Ecclesiastes 11:8
But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.
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7Truly the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.
Cross References
Job 10:21Before I go to the place from which I will not come back, to the land where all is dark and black,
Job 14:10But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he?
Job 15:23He is wandering about in search of bread, saying, Where is it? and he is certain that the day of trouble is ready for him:
Psalms 49:20\49:19\He will go to the generation of his fathers; he will not see the light again.
Ecclesiastes 2:15Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose.
Ecclesiastes 2:19And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.
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 →