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Ecclesiastes 11:10

Good News Translation

Don't let anything worry you or cause you pain. You aren't going to be young very long.

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Stupid people will start being wise when wild donkeys are born tame.

You bring bitter charges against me, even for what I did when I was young.

Their bodies used to be young and vigorous, but soon they will turn to dust.

Forgive the sins and errors of my youth. In your constant love and goodness, remember me, Lord!

How short you have made my life! In your sight my lifetime seems nothing. Indeed every living being is no more than a puff of wind,

no more than a shadow. All we do is for nothing; we gather wealth, but don't know who will get it.

Children just naturally do silly, careless things, but a good spanking will teach them how to behave.

I have seen everything done in this world, and I tell you, it is all useless. It is like chasing the wind.

It is useless, useless, said the Philosopher. Life is useless, all useless.

So remember your Creator while you are still young, before those dismal days and years come when you will say, “I don't enjoy life.”

All these promises are made to us, my dear friends. So then, let us purify ourselves from everything that makes body or soul unclean, and let us be completely holy by living in awe of God.

Avoid the passions of youth, and strive for righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who with a pure heart call out to the Lord for help.




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