Ecclesiastes 11:8

Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data

"But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity."

Word-by-Word Analysis

But if a

אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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חָיָה

châyâh

H2421

to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive

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רַב

rab

H7227

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

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שָׁנֶה

shâneh

H8141

a year (as a revolution of time)

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and

שָׂמַח

sâmach

H8055

probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome

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in them all

עוֹד

ʻôwd

H5750

properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more

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שָׁאַר

shâʼar

H7604

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

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him

זָכַר

zâkar

H2142

properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male

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the

יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...

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of

חֹשֶׁךְ

chôshek

H2822

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

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for they shall be

רַב

rab

H7227

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

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All that

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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is

הֶבֶל

hebel

H1892

emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb

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Key Terms in This Verse

vanity H1892

הֶבֶל hebel

emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb

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remember H2142

זָכַר zâkar

properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male

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darkness H2822

חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

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rejoice H8055

שָׂמַח sâmach

probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome

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live H2421

חָיָה châyâh

to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive

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cometh H935

בּוֹא bôwʼ

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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years H8141

שָׁנֶה shâneh

a year (as a revolution of time)

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many H7227

רַב rab

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

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many H7227

רַב rab

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

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yet H5750

עוֹד ʻôwd

properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more

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Cross References

John 12:35 cross-reference

Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

Deuteronomy 32:29 cross-reference

O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

Ecclesiastes 7:14 cross-reference

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

Joel 2:2 cross-reference

A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be a...

Ecclesiastes 6:11 cross-reference

Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

Jeremiah 13:16 cross-reference

Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross da...

Jude 1:18 cross-reference

How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

Ecclesiastes 8:12 cross-reference

Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

Job 14:10 cross-reference

But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

Ecclesiastes 8:15 cross-reference

Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth...

Job 18:18 cross-reference

He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

Ecclesiastes 4:16 cross-reference

There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 4:8 cross-reference

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I ...

Job 10:22 cross-reference

A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

Ecclesiastes 6:6 cross-reference

Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

Job 15:23 cross-reference

He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

Ecclesiastes 2:17 cross-reference

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 2:19 cross-reference

And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:15 cross-reference

Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

Matthew 22:13 cross-reference

Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Ecclesiastes 2:26 cross-reference

For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This a...

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