Ecclesiastes 9:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁸ Let thy garments be always white; and let not thy head lack ointment.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Let your garments be always white [with purity], and let your head not lack [the] oil [of gladness].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Let thy garments be always white; and let not thy head lack oil.

Common English Bible

⁸ Let your garments always be white; don’t run short of oil for your head.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Let your garments be white at all times, and let not oil be absent from your head.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ At all times let thy garments be white, and let not oil depart from thy head.

Ecclesiastes 9:8 Cross References

2 Samuel 14:2

And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

2 Samuel 19:24

And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.

Esther 8:15

And Mordecai went forth front the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan shouted and was glad.

Psalm 23:5

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

Daniel 10:3

I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.

Amos 6:6

that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

Matthew 6:17

But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;

Luke 7:46

My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but she hath anointed my feet with ointment.

Revelation 16:15

(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.)

Revelation 19:14

And the armies which are in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and pure.

Revelation 19:8

And it was given unto her that she should array herself in fine linen, bright and pure: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

Revelation 7:9

After these things I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands;

Ruth 3:3

Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put on thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the threshing-floor: but make not thyself known to the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.