Ecclesiastes 11:8
For if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
7And 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 lieth low; yea, man perisheth, and where is he?
Job 15:23He wandereth abroad for bread: 'Where is it?' He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Psalms 49:20(49-21) Man that is in honour understandeth not; he is like the beasts that perish.
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 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 will he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein 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 →