Ecclesiastes 11:10

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

— WEB

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

— KJV

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

— ASV

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Ecclesiastes 1:14 "I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind."
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Job 20:11 "His bones are full of his youth, but youth shall lie down with him in the dust."
2 Peter 3:11-14 "Therefore since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,"

Commentary

sorrow--that is, the lusts that end in "sorrow," opposed to "rejoice," and "heart cheer thee" (Ecc 11:9), Margin, "anger," that is, all "ways of thine heart"; "remove," &c., is thus opposed to "walk in," &c. (Ecc 11:9). flesh--the bodily organ by which the sensual thoughts of the "heart" are embodied in acts. childhood--rather, "boyhood"; the same Hebrew word as the first, "youth" in Ecc 11:9. A motive for self-restraint; the time is coming when the vigor of youth on which thou reliest, will seem vain, except in so far as it has been given to God (Ecc 12:1). youth--literally, the dawn of thy days. Next: Ecclesiastes Chapter 12

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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