Ecclesiastes 11:8
Yea, though a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and let him think of the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
Noyes Bible
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—To the land of darkness and death-shade,
Job 14:10But man dieth, and he is gone! Man expireth, and where is he?
Job 15:23He wandereth about, seeking bread; He knoweth that a day of darkness is at hand.
Psalms 49:20The man who is in honor, but without understanding, Is like the beasts that perish.
Ecclesiastes 2:15Then I said in my heart, “As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth to me. Why, then, became I wiser than others?” Then I said in my heart, “This also is vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 2:19And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? Yet shall he be lord of all the labor with which I have wearied myself, and in which 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 →