But a stupid man will get understanding, when a wild ass's colt is born a man.
Ecclesiastes 11:10 - Revised Standard Version Remove vexation from your mind, and put away pain from your body; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity. 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 man will get understanding, when a wild ass's colt is born a man.
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
His bones are full of youthful vigor, but it will lie down with him in the dust.
Remember not the sins of my youth, or my trangressions; according to thy steadfast love remember me, for thy goodness' sake, O Lord!
Behold, thou hast made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing in thy sight. Surely every man stands as a mere breath! Selah
Surely man goes about as a shadow! Surely for naught are they in turmoil; man heaps up, and knows not who will gather!
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
I have seen everything that is done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;
Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God.
So shun youthful passions and aim at righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call upon the Lord from a pure heart.