But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild ass's colt
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for youth and the prime of life are vanity. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore remove [the lusts that end in] sorrow and vexation from your heart and mind and put away evil from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity [transitory, idle, empty, and devoid of truth]. [II Cor. 7:1; II Tim. 2:22.] American Standard Version (1901) Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity. Common English Bible Remove anxiety from your heart, banish pain from your body, because youth and the dawn of life are pointless too. Catholic Public Domain Version Remove anger from your heart, and set aside evil from your flesh. For youth and pleasure are empty. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Remove anger from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh. For youth and pleasure are vain. |
But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild ass's colt
For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth:
His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me, For thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
Behold, thou hast made my days as handbreadths; And mine age is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, or ever the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.