Ecclesiastes 11:8 meaning and explanation
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.
Ecclesiastes 11:8, Berean Standard Bible
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The speaker is the Teacher, or Qoheleth, a wisdom figure reflecting near the end of Ecclesiastes on how to live honestly under God's hidden providence. In verse 8 he tells a person granted many years to rejoice in all of them, yet also to remember the days of darkness, meaning old age, suffering and death, which will be many.
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