Ecclesiastes 11:8
So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
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if a man

Ecclesiastes 6:6
if he lives a thousand years twice over, but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?

Ecclesiastes 8:12
Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.

rejoice

Ecclesiastes 3:12, 13
I know that there is nothing better for men than to rejoice and do good while they live, . . .

Ecclesiastes 5:18-20
Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him--for this is his lot. . . .

Ecclesiastes 8:15
So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 7:14
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.

Ecclesiastes 12:1-5
Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come, and the years approach of which you will say, "I find no pleasure in them, " . . .

Deuteronomy 32:29
If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.

Job 10:22
to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness."

Job 14:10
But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?

Job 15:23
He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.

Job 18:18
He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.

Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

Joel 2:2
a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong people appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.

Matthew 22:13
Then the king told the servants, 'Tie him hand and foot and throw him outside into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

John 12:35
Then Jesus told them, "For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

Jude 1:18
when they said to you, "In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires."

all that

Ecclesiastes 2:1-11, 15, 17, 19, 21-23, 26
I said to myself, "Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!" But it proved to be futile. . . .

Ecclesiastes 4:8, 16
There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: "For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?" This too is futile--a miserable task. . . .

Ecclesiastes 5:15, 16
As a man came from his mother's womb, so he will depart again: naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands. . . .

Ecclesiastes 6:11
For the more words, the more futility--and how does that profit anyone?

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Indeed, if a man should live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything that is to come will be futility.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Indeed, if a man lives 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.

International Standard Version
Even if a person lives many years, let him enjoy them all, recalling that there will be many days of darkness to come—all of which are pointless.

NET Bible
So, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many--all that is about to come is obscure.
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