Ecclesiastes 11:8
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 comes is vanity.
Updated King James Version
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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, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Job 14:10But man dies, and wastes away: yea, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
Job 15:23He wanders abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Psalms 49:20Man that is in honour, and understands not, is like the beasts that perish.
Ecclesiastes 2:15Then said I in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it happens 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 knows whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This is also 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 →