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Ecclesiastes 11:10

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
Ecclesiastes 11:10 · King James Version

In other versions

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

    ASV

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

    BBE

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

    DBY

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

    WEB

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

    YLT

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

    ENG

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

    WBT

  • So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.

    BSB

In context

8But 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.

9Rejoice, 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.

10Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

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