Ecclesiastes 11:8
May you live for many years, and may you enjoy them all. But remember there will be many days of darkness, and all that is to come is uncertain.
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7How sweet it is to live in the light, to see the sun rise on another day.
Cross References
Job 10:21before I go to where I shall never return from, the land of darkness and the shadow of death—
Job 14:10But human beings die, their strength dwindles away; they perish, and where are they then?
Job 15:23They wander around looking for food, asking ‘Where is it?’ They know that their day of darkness is close at hand.
Psalms 49:20Human beings, for all their fame, don't understand, and they die, just like the animals.
Ecclesiastes 2:15Then I thought to myself, “If I'm going to end up the same as a fool, what's the point of being so wise?” So I thought to myself, “This is also hard to understand!”
Ecclesiastes 2:19And who knows whether he will be wise or foolish? Yet he will rule over everything I accomplished through my wisdom here on earth. This is just so frustrating, so hard to understand!
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 →