Ecclesiastes 11:8
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.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
7Now the light is sweet, and pleasant is it to the eyes to see the sun;
Cross References
Job 10:21Before I go, and never to return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Job 14:10But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?
Job 15:23He wandereth abroad for bread, where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Psalms 49:20Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
Ecclesiastes 2:15And I said in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool so will it happen even to me; and why was I then so wise? Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:19And who knoweth whether he will be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour at which I have laboured, and wherein I have been 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 →