Ecclesiastes 11:8

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

World English Bible ☆

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

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

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

World English Bible Classic ☆

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

World English Bible Updated ☆

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

World Messianic Bible ☆

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

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

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

Young's Literal Translation ☆

But, if man liveth many years, In all of them let him rejoice, And remember the days of darkness, For they are many! all that is coming [is] vanity.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

But if haAdam live many shanim, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the yamim of choshech; for they shall be many. All that cometh is hevel.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ عَاشَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ سِنِينَ كَثِيرَةً فَلْيَفْرَحْ فِيهَا كُلِّهَا، وَلْيَتَذَكَّرْ أَيَّامَ ٱلظُّلْمَةِ لِأَنَّهَا تَكُونُ كَثِيرَةً. كُلُّ مَا يَأْتِي بَاطِلٌ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

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

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

သို့ရာတွင် ၊ လူ သည်အသက်တာ ရှည် ၍ အစဉ် ရွှင်လန်း သော်လည်း ၊ မှောင်မိုက် ကာလ ကို အောက်မေ့ ပါစေ။ ထိုကာလကြာမြင့် လိမ့်မည်။ ဖြစ် လတံ့သမျှ တို့သည် အနတ္တ သက်သက်ဖြစ်ကြ၏။

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 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.

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.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

人活多年，就当快乐多年；然而也当想到黑暗的日子。因为这日子必多，所要来的都是虚空。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

人活多年，就當快樂多年；然而也當想到黑暗的日子。因為這日子必多，所要來的都是虛空。

World Chinese Bible ☆

是的，人若活多年，就当在这些年日中欢喜； 但他要记得黑暗的日子，因为那些日子必多。 凡将来的都是虚空。

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.

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.

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.

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.

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: 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Denn wenn der Mensch auch viele Jahre lebt, so soll er sich in ihnen allen freuen und soll bedenken, daß der Tage der Finsternis viele sein werden. Alles, was kommt, ist eitel!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ὅτι καὶ ἐὰν ἔτη πολλὰ ζήσεται ὁ ἄνθρωπος, ἐν πᾶσιν αὐτοῖς εὐφρανθήσεται καὶ μνησθήσεται τὰς ἡμέρας τοῦ σκότους, ὅτι πολλαὶ ἔσονται· πᾶν τὸ ἐρχόμενον ματαιότης.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ὅτ καὶ ἐὰν ἔτη πολλὰ ζήσεται ὁ ἄνθρωπος, ἐν πᾶσιν αὐτοῖς εὐφρανθήσεται καὶ μνησθήσεται τὰς ἡμέρας τοῦ σκότους, ὅτι πολλαὶ ἔσονται· πᾶν τὸ ἐρχόμενον ματαιότης.

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.

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.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

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

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

כי אם שנים הרבה יחיה האדם בכלם ישמח ויזכר את ימי החשך כי הרבה יהיו כל שבא הבל׃

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.

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.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

人が多くの年月を生きるなら、そのすべてを喜べ。 しかし、闇の日々をも覚えよ。それらは多くなる。 これから来るものはすべて空しい。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

사람이 여러 해를 살면 항상 즐거워할지로다 그러나 캄캄한 날이 많으리니 그 날을 생각할지로다 장래 일은 다 헛되도다

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.

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.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

هر‌چندانسان سالهای بسیار زیست نماید و در همه آنهاشادمان باشد، لیکن باید روزهای تاریکی را به یادآورد چونکه بسیار خواهد بود. پس هر‌چه واقع می‌شود بطالت است.

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.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Mesmo se o homem viver muitos anos, e em todos eles se alegrar, ele também deve se lembrar dos dias de trevas, porque serão muitos. Tudo o que acontece é futilidade.

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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.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Деч, дакэ ун ом трэеште мулць ань, сэ се букуре ын тоць аний ачештя ши сэ се гындяскэ че мулте вор фи зилеле де ынтунерик. Тот че ва вени есте дешертэчуне.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Если человек проживет и много лет, то пусть веселится он впродолжение всех их, и пусть помнит о днях темных, которых будет много: все, что будет, - суета!

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.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Али да човек живи много година и свагда се весели, па се опомене дана тамних како ће их бити много, све што је било биће таштина.

Mashi Bible ☆

Omuntu akalama myâka minji, akwânîne ayikolêse yoshi, akengêre n’oku ensiku z’omudumbi zabà nyinji; ngasi hyâyishe erhi na kalenganè.

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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.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Pero aunque la vida de un hombre sea larga y tenga gozo en todos sus años, tenga en cuenta los días oscuros, porque serán muchos en número. Lo que pueda venir no tiene ningún propósito.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Pero aunque el hombre viva muchos años, Y en todos ellos tenga gozo, Recuerde que los días de oscuridad serán muchos más. ¡Todo lo que viene es vanidad!

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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.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Коли чоловік проживе й многі лїта, нехай по всяк день тим веселиться; та нехай тямить на днї темні, що їх буде много, хоч і все, що постане, — марнота.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Коли чоловік проживе й многі лїта, нехай по всяк день тим веселиться; та нехай тямить на днї темні, що їх буде много, хоч і все, що постане, — марнота.

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.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

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