Ecclesiastes 11:8
For if a man live [even] many years, let him rejoice in them all; and let him remember the days of darkness; for they will be many; all that cometh is vanity.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
7Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun;
Cross References
Job 10:21Before I go, and return not, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death,
Job 14:10But man dieth, and lieth powerless: yea, the son of earth departeth—and where is he?
Job 15:23He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying,] Where is it? he knoweth that there is ready at his hand the day of darkness.
Psalms 49:20(49:21) Man, though in splendor, who understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. °
Ecclesiastes 2:15Then said I in my heart, The same that befalleth the fool will also befall even me: and why have I then been wiser? Then spoke I in my heart, that this is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:19And who knoweth, whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have full sway over all my toil wherein I have toiled, and wherein I have shown myself wise under the sun. Also this 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 →