Ecclesiastes 11:8

84 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

American Standard Version (1901)

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

ASV Byzantine Text

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

Asang Khongca Bible

Kami loe saning sawk ah hing moe, hmuen boih ah anghoehaih tawn cadoeh, vinghaih aninawk to poek nasoe; to aninawk loe sawk parai tih. Angzo han koi hmuennawk boih loe azom pui ni.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Hlang he kum a yet a hing van atah a cungkuem dongah a kohoe saeh. Tedae hmaisuep kah khohnin te poek saeh. Aka thoeng ham boeih he a honghi la muep om pueng ni.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Hlang he kum a yet a hing van atah a cungkuem dongah a kohoe saeh. Tedae hmaisuep kah khohnin te poek saeh. Aka thoeng ham boeih he a honghi la muep om pueng ni.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Aka, ina e ola kekahi kanaka i na makahiki he nui wale, a olioli no hoi ia lakou a pau, e pono ia ia ke hoomanao i na la o ka pouli, no ka mea, ua nui no lakou. O na mea a pau e hiki mai ana, he lapuwale ia.

English Berean Standard Bible

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.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Di Bondye mèsi pou chak lanne li mete sou lavi ou. Ou te mèt viv lontan, pa bliye tan ou pral pase lè ou fin mouri a long anpil. Tou sa ki vin apre pa vo anyen.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Si annis multis vixerit homo, et in his omnibus lætatus fuerit, meminisse debet tenebrosi temporis, et dierum multorum, qui cum venerint, vanitatis arguentur præterita.

Bible in Basic English

But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

mais si un homme vit beaucoup d’années, [et] se réjouit en toutes, qu’il se souvienne aussi des jours de ténèbres, car ils sont en grand nombre : tout ce qui arrive est vanité.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

A však, by mnoho let živ jsa člověk, ve všech těch veselil by se, tedy rozpomenul-li by se na dny temnosti, jak jich mnoho bude, cožkoli přeběhlo, počte za marnost.

Kosraean Bible

Engankin yac nukewa ma kom moul uh. Finne loes moul lom, esam lah misa lom fah loes liki. Ma nukewa ma ac sikyak faclu meet liki kom misa, ma na lusrongten.

World Portuguese Bible

Sim, se um homem vive muitos anos, que ele se alegre em todos eles; mas que ele se lembre dos dias de trevas, pois eles serão muitos. Tudo o que vem é vaidade.

Romanian BTF Bible

Dar dacă un om trăiește mulți ani și se bucură în toți aceștia, totuși să își amintească zilele de întuneric, căci vor fi multe. Tot ce vine este deșertăciune.

Brenton English Septuagint

For 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.

Burmese Common Language Bible

သို့ရာတွင်၊ လူသည်အသက်တာရှည်၍ အစဉ် ရွှင်လန်းသော်လည်း၊ မှောင်မိုက်ကာလကို အောက်မေ့ ပါစေ။ ထိုကာလကြာမြင့်လိမ့်မည်။ ဖြစ်လတံ့သမျှတို့သည် အနတ္တသက်သက်ဖြစ်ကြ၏။

Darby Translation

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.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Denn wenn der Mensch auch viele Jahre lebt, möge er in ihnen allen sich freuen und der Tage der Finsternis gedenken, daß ihrer viele sein werden: alles, was kommt, ist Eitelkeit.

Dutch Bible 1917

Maar indien de mens veel jaren heeft, en verblijdt zich in die allen, zo laat hem ook gedenken aan de dagen der duisternis, want die zullen veel zijn; en al wat gekomen is, is ijdelheid.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Laat dus de mens zich altijd verheugen, Hoe lang hij ook leeft; Hij bedenke, dat de dagen der duisternis Nog talrijk genoeg zullen zijn. Alles, wat komt, is ijdel.

Italian Diodati Bible

Ma pure, se l'uomo, vivendo molti anni sempre in allegrezza, si ricorda che i giorni delle tenebre saranno molti, tutto quello che gli sarà avvenuto sarà vanità.

Douay-Rheims 1899

If a man live many years, and have rejoiced in them all, he must remember the darksome time, and the many days: which when they shall come, the things past shall be accused of vanity.

Geneva Bible 1599

Though a man liue many yeeres, and in them all he reioyce, yet hee shall remember the daies of darkenesse, because they are manie, all that commeth is vanitie.

Noyes Bible

Yea, though a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and let him think of the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

Danish Bible 1931

ja, lever et Menneske mange År, skal han glæde sig over dem alle og komme Mørkets Dage i Hu, thi af dem er der mange i Vente; alt, hvad der kommer, er Tomhed.

Leeser Tanakh

For if a man live [even] many years, let him rejoice in them all; and let him remember the days of darkness; for they will be many; all that cometh is vanity.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

King James Version

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Nếu một người được sống lâu năm, thì khá vui vẻ trong trọn các năm ấy; song cũng chớ quên những ngày tối tăm, vì những ngày ấy nhiều. Phàm việc gì xảy đến đều là sự hư không.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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.

Revised West Version

Ka ko eni, kapau ʻe moʻui ha tangata ʻi he ngaahi taʻu lahi, ʻo ne fiefia ʻi ai kotoa pē; ka ʻoku lelei ke ne manatu foki ki he ngaahi ʻaho ʻoe fakapoʻuli; koeʻuhi ʻe lahi ia. Ko e meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku hoko mai ko e vaʻinga ia.

French Ostervald Bible

Et si un homme vit un grand nombre d'années, qu'il se réjouisse pendant toutes ces années, et qu'il se souvienne des jours de ténèbres, qui sont nombreux. Tout ce qui vient est vanité.

Esperanto Bible

Ĉar se eĉ multajn jarojn homo vivus, li ĝoju en ili ĉiuj; kaj li memoru pri la tagoj mallumaj, ĉar estos multe da ili; ĉio, kio venos, estas vantaĵo.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Si donc un homme vit beaucoup d’années, qu’il se réjouisse pendant toutes ces années, et qu’il pense aux jours de ténèbres qui seront nombreux; tout ce qui arrivera est vanité.

German Luther Bible 1912

Wenn ein Mensch viele Jahre lebt, so sei er fröhlich in ihnen allen und gedenke der finstern Tage, daß ihrer viel sein werden; denn alles, was kommt, ist eitel.

LXX2012 U. S. English

For 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.

British English Septuagint 2012

For 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.

Majority Standard BIble

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.

Webster Bible

But if a man shall 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.

Revised Version

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

Italian Riveduta Bible

Se dunque un uomo vive molti anni, si rallegri tutti questi anni, e pensi ai giorni delle tenebre, che saran molti; tutto quello che avverrà è vanità.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Oui, si un homme vit de nombreuses années, qu'il se réjouisse durant toutes ces années ; mais qu'il se souvienne des jours de ténèbres, car ils seront nombreux. Tout ce qui arrive est vanité.

Reina Valera 1909

Mas si el hombre viviere muchos años, y en todos ellos hubiere gozado alegría; si después trajere á la memoria los días de las tinieblas, que serán muchos, todo lo que le habrá pasado, dirá haber sido vanidad.

Spanish BLL

Si un hombre vive muchos años, que disfrute de cada uno de ellos; pero que no olvide que los días de oscuridad serán muchos. Todo lo que está por venir es vanidad.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

mas si el hombre viviere muchos años, y en todos ellos hubiere gozado, que traiga también a la memoria los días de las tinieblas, que serán muchos. Todo lo que habrá pasado es vanidad.

Croatian Bible

Ali ako čovjek živi i mnogo godina, neka se uvijek veseli, a neka se sjeti da će tamnih dana biti mnogo. Ispraznost je sve što će doći.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Ali da čovek živi mnogo godina i svagda se veseli, pa se opomene dana tamnih kako će ih biti mnogo, sve što je bilo biće taština.

German Textbibel

Denn, wenn der Mensch viele Jahre lebt, soll er sich in ihnen allen freuen und der Tage der Finsternis gedenken, daß ihrer viele sein werden: alles, was kommt, ist eitel.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

For 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.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

כִּ֣י אִם־שָׁנִ֥ים הַרְבֵּ֛ה יִחְיֶ֥ה הָאָדָ֖ם בְּכֻלָּ֣ם יִשְׂמָ֑ח וְיִזְכֹּר֙ אֶת־יְמֵ֣י הַחֹ֔שֶׁךְ כִּֽי־הַרְבֵּ֥ה יִהְי֖וּ כָּל־שֶׁבָּ֥א הָֽבֶל׃