Ecclesiastes 11:8
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.
American Standard 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 whence I shall not return, [Even] to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
Job 14:10But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
Job 15:23He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Psalms 49:20Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish. Psalm 50 A Psalm of Asaph.
Ecclesiastes 2:15Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:19And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed 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 →