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Ecclesiastes 12:1 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 12 · verse 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;Ecclesiastes 12:1 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 12:1 in context
1Remember 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;
2While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
3In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
Commentary
Cross references
- Lamentations 3:27
- Ecclesiastes 11:8
- Psalms 71:17-18
- Proverbs 22:6
- Luke 18:16
- Psalms 34:11
- 2 Timothy 3:15
- 1 Samuel 16:12-13
Key words (Strong's)
- Rememberzâkarproperly, to markH2142 →
- Creatorbârâʼto createH1254 →
- youthbᵉchurôwthyouthH979 →
- yearsshâneha yearH8141 →
- daysyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
- evilraʻbad or evilH7451 →
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Here is, I. A call to young people to think of God, and mind their duty to him, when they are young: Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth. This is, 1. The royal preacher's application of his sermon concerning the vanity of the world and every thing in it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7