Ecclesiastes 12:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹ 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’;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ REMEMBER [earnestly] also your Creator [that you are not your own, but His property now] in the days of your youth, before the evil days come or the years draw near when you will say [of physical pleasures], I have no enjoyment in them–[II Sam. 19:35.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

Common English Bible

¹ Remember your creator in your prime, before the days of trouble arrive, and those years, about which you’ll say, “I take no pleasure in these”—

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the time of affliction arrives and the years draw near, about which you will say, "These do not please me."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the time of affliction come, and the years draw nigh of which thou shalt say: They please me not:

Ecclesiastes 12:1 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 39:2

The Lord was with Joseph,  and he became a successful man, serving  in the household of his Egyptian master.

Genesis 39:23

The warden did not bother with anything under Joseph’s authority,  because the Lord was with him, and the Lord made everything that he did successful.

2 Samuel 19:35

I’m now eighty years old.  Can I discern what is pleasant and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of male and female singers? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

2 Samuel 19:36

Since your servant is only going with the king a little way across the Jordan, why should the king repay me with such a reward?

1 Kings 14:13

All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He alone out of Jeroboam’s house will be given a proper burial because out of the house of Jeroboam something favourable to the Lord God of Israel was found in him.

1 Kings 18:12

But when I leave you, the Spirit of the Lord may carry you off  to some place I don’t know. Then when I go and report to Ahab and he doesn’t find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the Lord from my youth.

Nehemiah 4:14

After I made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people,  ‘Don’t be afraid of them.  Remember the great and awe-inspiring Lord, and fight for your countrymen, your sons and daughters, your wives and homes.’

Job 30:2

What use to me was the strength of their hands? Their vigour had left them.

Proverbs 22:6

Start a youth out on his way; even when he grows old he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me, and those who search for me find me.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Remove sorrow from your heart, and put away pain from your flesh, because youth and the prime of life are fleeting.

Ecclesiastes 11:2

Give a portion to seven or even to eight, for you don’t know what disaster may happen on earth.

Ecclesiastes 11:8

Indeed, if someone lives for many years, let him rejoice in them all, and let him remember the days of darkness,  since they will be many. All that comes is futile.

Isaiah 26:8

Yes, Lord, we wait for you in the path of your judgements. Our desire is for your name and renown.

Lamentations 3:27

It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.

Daniel 1:17

God gave these four young men knowledge and understanding  in every kind of literature and wisdom. Daniel also understood visions and dreams  of every kind.

Hosea 7:9

Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with grey, but he does not notice.

Luke 1:15

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord and will never drink wine or beer.  He will be filled with the Holy Spirit  while still in his mother’s womb.

Luke 18:16

Jesus, however, invited them: ‘Let the little children come to me,   and don’t stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Ephesians 6:4

Fathers, don’t stir up anger  in your children, but bring them up in the training  and instruction of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 8:18

but remember that the Lord your God gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm his covenant he swore to your ancestors,  as it is today.

2 Timothy 3:15

and you know that from infancy you have known the sacred Scriptures,  which are able to give you wisdom for salvation  through faith in Christ Jesus.

1 Samuel 1:28

I now give the boy to the Lord. For as long as he lives, he is given to the Lord.’  Then he  worshipped the Lord there.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Do not look at his appearance or his stature because I have rejected him. Humans do not see what the Lord sees,  for humans see what is visible, but the Lord sees the heart.’

1 Samuel 2:18

Samuel served in the Lord’s presence   #– #this mere boy was dressed in the linen ephod.

1 Samuel 2:26

By contrast, the boy Samuel grew in stature and in favour with the Lord and with people.