Ecclesiastes 11:10
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
בָּשָׂר
bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
נָעוּר
nâʻûwr
(only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)
הֶבֶל
hebel
emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
Key Terms in This Verse
נָעוּר nâʻûwr
(only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)
Study H5271 →הֶבֶל hebel
emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
Study H1892 →בָּשָׂר bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
Study H1320 →לֵב lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Study H3820 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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;
His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
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