Ecclesiastes 9:8

Let thy garments be always white; 1 And let not oil be wanting on thy head. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.

In Context

7Go, eat thy bread with mirth, 1 And drink thy wine with a joyful heart; 1 For now God has favorably accepted thy works. 1

9And see life with the wife whom thou lovest 1 All the days of the life of thy vanity, 1 Which are given thee under the sun: 1 For that is thy portion in thy life, 1 And in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun. 1

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Cross References

Ruth 3:3But do thou wash, and anoint thyself, and put thy raiment upon thee, and go up to the threshing floor: do not discover thyself to the man until he has done eating and drinking.

2 Samuel 19:24And the king said to Shimei, Thou shalt not die: and the king swore to him.

Psalms 23:5He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, 1 And mercy from God his Savior. 1

Amos 6:6who drink strained wine, and anoint themselves with the best ointment: and have suffered nothing on occasion of the calamity of Joseph.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 9:5-11

The Consequences of Death; The Proper Enjoyment of Life. 4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. 7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink… Read the whole commentary →

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