Holy Scripture

Ecclesiastes 11:8

A church father on this verse
“In the spiritual sense [this saying] is even more valid, for "young men" are those who are strong because they have the Word of God and because they have power against evil. John, for example, writes, "I write to you, young people, because you are strong and the Word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evi…”
Didymus the Blind, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON ECCLESIASTES 335:5

Source: Septuagint

Original

8For even if a man should live many years, And rejoice in them all; Yet let him remember the days of darkness; For they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.

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6In the morning sow thy seed, And in the evening let not thy hand be slack: For thou knowest not what sort shall prosper, whether this or that, Or whether both shall be good alike.

7Moreover the light is sweet, And it is good for the eyes to see the sun.

— Ecclesiastes 11:8 —

9Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; And let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart blameless, But not in the sight of thine eyes: Yet know that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

10Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, And put away evil from thy flesh: For youth and folly are vanity.

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