Ecclesiastes 11:10 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Get rid of what troubles you or wears down your body, because childhood and youth are pointless.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

ASV:

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

BBE:

So put away trouble from your heart, and sorrow from your flesh; because the early years and the best years are to no purpose.

DBY:

Then remove discontent from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for childhood and youth are vanity.

ERV:

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for youth and the prime of life are vanity.

JPS:

Therefore remove vexation from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for childhood and youth are vanity.

WBS:

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

WEB:

Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

YLT:

And turn aside anger from thy heart, And cause evil to pass from thy flesh, For the childhood and the age are vanity!

Ecclesiastes 11:10 Cross References

XREF:

2 Corinthians 7:1 Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

2 Timothy 2:22 Now flee from youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

11:10 Therefore remove {i} sorrow from thy heart, and {k} put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth [are] vanity.
(i) That is, anger and envy.
(k) Meaning, carnal lusts to which youth is given.

WES:

11:10 Sorrow - Sensual and disorderly lusts, which he elegantly calls sorrow, to intimate, that although such practices at present gratify mens senses, yet they will shortly bring them to intolerable sorrows. Evil - All evil desires, tho' now they seem good to thee. Vanity - Most vain. The time of youth is vanishing and transitory, and old age and death will speedily come, against which every wise man will take care to lay in solid provisions and comforts.

MHC:

11:7-10 Life is sweet to bad men, because they have their portion in this life; it is sweet to good men, because it is the time of preparation for a better; it is sweet to all. Here is a caution to think of death, even when life is most sweet. Solomon makes an effecting address to young persons. They would desire opportunity to pursue every pleasure. Then follow your desires, but be assured that God will call you into judgment. How many give loose to every appetite, and rush into every vicious pleasure! But God registers every one of their sinful thoughts and desires, their idle words and wicked words. If they would avoid remorse and terror, if they would have hope and comfort on a dying bed, if they would escape misery here and hereafter, let them remember the vanity of youthful pleasures. That Solomon means to condemn the pleasures of sin is evident. His object is to draw the young to purer and more lasting joys. This is not the language of one grudging youthful pleasures, because he can no longer partake of them; but of one who has, by a miracle of mercy, been brought back in safety. He would persuade the young from trying a course whence so few return. If the young would live a life of true happiness, if they would secure happiness hereafter, let them remember their Creator in the days of their youth.

CONC:

Age Anger Anxiety Aside Best Body Cast Cause Childhood Dawn Discontent Early Evil Fleeting Flesh Grief Heart Meaningless Mind Pain Pass Prime Purpose Remove Sorrow Trouble Troubles Turn Vanity Vexation Vigor Youth

Anger Anxiety Banish Best Body Cast Cause Childhood Dawn Early Evil Fleeting Flesh Grief Heart Life Mind Pain Prime Purpose Remove Sorrow Troubles Turn Vanity Vexation Vigor Youth

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