But a stupid person will gain understanding as soon as a wild donkey is born a human!
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Remove sorrow from your heart, and put away pain from your flesh, because youth and the prime of life are fleeting. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 a stupid person will gain understanding as soon as a wild donkey is born a human!
For you record bitter accusations against me and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
His frame may be full of youthful vigour, but it will lie down with him in dust.
Foolishness is bound to the heart of a youth; a rod of discipline will separate it from him.
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind. ,
‘Absolute futility,’ says the Teacher. ‘Absolute futility. Everything is futile.’
So remember your Creator in the days of your youth: Before the days of adversity come, and the years approach when you will say, ‘I have no delight in them’;
So then, dear friends, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from every impurity of the flesh and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
Flee from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.