Ecclesiastes 11:9
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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 judgment.Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
In other translations
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 judgment.Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
Hebrew words
שְׂמַחsemachrejoiceH8055בָּחוּרbachurO young manH970בְּיַלְדוּתֶיךָbeyalduteikhain youth yourH3208וִיטִיבְךָvitivekhaand let it make good youH3190לִבְּךָlibekhaheart yourH3820בִּימֵיbimeiin [the] days ofH3117בְחוּרוֹתֶךָvechurotekhayouth<s> yourH979וְהַלֵּךְvehalekhand walkH1980בְּדַרְכֵיbedarkheiin [the] ways ofH1870לִבְּךָlibekhaheart yourH3820וּבְמַרְאֵיuvemar'eiand in [the] sight ofH4758עֵינֶיךָ'eineikhaeyes yourH5869וְדָעveda'and knowH3045כִּיkithatH3588עַל־'al-onH5921כָּל־kol-allH3605אֵלֶּה'elehthese [things]H428יְבִיאֲךָyevi'akhahe will bring youH935הָאֱלֹהִיםha'elohim<the> GodH430בַּמִּשְׁפָּט׃bamishpatin <the> judgmentH4941
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Ecclesiastes 12:14For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
- 1 John 2:15-1615 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
- Ecclesiastes 12:1Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”
- Ecclesiastes 3:17I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
- Lamentations 3:27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.
- 2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
- Job 31:7If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
- Hebrews 9:27And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
- Romans 14:10But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.
- Ephesians 2:2-32 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.2 in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience. 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
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