Ecclesiastes 12:1

¶ Remember 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 {H2142} now thy Creator {H1254} in the days {H3117} of thy youth {H979}, while the evil {H7451} days {H3117} come {H935} not, nor the years {H8141} draw nigh {H5060}, when thou shalt say {H559}, I have no pleasure {H2656} in them;

So remember your creator while you are young, before the evil days come, and the years approach when you will say, "They no longer give me pleasure";

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,”

Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

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Cross-References

  • Lamentations 3:27 (55 votes)

    [It is] good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

  • Ecclesiastes 11:8 (40 votes)

    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.

  • Psalms 71:17 (37 votes)

    O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

  • Psalms 71:18 (37 votes)

    Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto [this] generation, [and] thy power to every one [that] is to come.

  • Proverbs 22:6 (34 votes)

    ¶ Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

  • Luke 18:16 (27 votes)

    But Jesus called them [unto him], and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

  • Psalms 34:11 (20 votes)

    ¶ Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.