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Ecclesiastes 12:1

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Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth [are] vanity.	Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;	While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Remember^H2142 now thy Creator^H1254 in the days^H3117 of thy youth^H979, while the evil^H7451 days^H3117 come^H935 not, nor the years^H8141 draw nigh^H5060, when thou shalt say^H559, I have no pleasure^H2656 in them;

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Original Hebrew

וּזְכֹר אֶת־בֹּורְאֶיךָ בִּימֵי בְּחוּרֹתֶיךָ עַד אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יָבֹאוּ יְמֵי הָרָעָה וְהִגִּיעוּ שָׁנִים אֲשֶׁר תֹּאמַר אֵין־לִי בָהֶם חֵפֶץ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וּ/זְכֹר֙	u./ze.Khor	H2142	HC/Vqv2ms	and/ remember
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
בּ֣וֹרְאֶ֔י/ךָ	bor.'Ei./kha	H1254	HVqrmpc/Sp2ms	creator(s)/ your
בִּ/ימֵ֖י	bi./Mei	H3117	HR/Ncmpc	in/ (the) days of
בְּחוּרֹתֶ֑י/ךָ	be.chu.ro.Tei./kha	H979	HNcbpc/Sp2ms	youth(s)/ your
עַ֣ד	'ad	H5704	HR	until
אֲשֶׁ֤ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	that
לֹא	lo'-	H3808	HTn	not
יָבֹ֨אוּ֙	ya.Vo.'u	H935	HVqi3mp	they will come
יְמֵ֣י	ye.Mei	H3117	HNcmpc	(the) days of
הָֽ/רָעָ֔ה	ha./ra.'Ah	H7451	HTd/Ncfsa	(the)/ evil
וְ/הִגִּ֣יעוּ	ve./hi.Gi.'u	H5060	HC/Vhq3cp	and/ they will arrive
שָׁנִ֔ים	sha.Nim	H8141	HNcfpa	years
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	which
תֹּאמַ֔ר	to.Mar	H559	HVqi2ms	you will say
אֵֽין	'ein-	H369	HTn	not
לִ֥/י	l/i		HR/Sp1cs	(belongs) to (the)/ me
בָ/הֶ֖ם	va./Hem		HR/Sp3mp	in (the)/ them
חֵֽפֶץ	Che.fetz	H2656	HNcmsa	pleasure

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H979 — בְּחֻרוֹת (bᵉchurôwth, bekh-oo-rothe'): or בְּחוּרוֹת; feminine plural of בָּחוּר; also (masculine plural) בְּחֻרִים; youth (collectively and abstractly); young men, youth.
• H1254 — בָּרָא (bârâʼ, baw-raw'): a primitive root; (absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes); choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat).
• H2142 — זָכַר (zâkar, zaw-kar'): a primitive root; also as denominative from זָכָר; properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male; [idiom] burn (incense), [idiom] earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, [idiom] still, think on, [idiom] well.
• H2656 — חֵפֶץ (chêphets, khay'-fets): from חָפֵץ; pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind); acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; 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 associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H5060 — נָגַע (nâgaʻ, naw-gah'): a primitive root; properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.); beat, ([idiom] be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.
• H7451 — רַע (raʻ, rah): from רָעַע; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
• H8141 — שָׁנֶה (shâneh, shaw-neh'): (in plural or (feminine) שָׁנָה; from שָׁנָה; a year (as a revolution of time); [phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן.
• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
• H5704 — עַד (ʻad, ad): properly, the same as עַד (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with); against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• Remember — Genesis 39:2, Genesis 39:8-9, Genesis 39:23, 1 Samuel 1:28, 1 Samuel 2:18, 1 Samuel 2:26, 1 Samuel 3:19-21, 1 Samuel 16:7, 1 Samuel 16:12-13, 1 Samuel 17:36-37, 1 Kings 3:6-12, 1 Kings 14:13, 1 Kings 18:12, 2 Chronicles 34:2-3, Psalms 22:9-10, Psalms 34:11, Psalms 71:17-18, Proverbs 8:17, Proverbs 22:6, Ecclesiastes 11:10, Isaiah 26:8, Lamentations 3:27, Daniel 1:8-9, Daniel 1:17, Luke 1:15, Luke 2:40-52, Luke 18:16, Ephesians 6:4, 2 Timothy 3:15
• when — 2 Samuel 19:35
• while — Job 30:2, Psalms 90:10, Ecclesiastes 11:8, Hosea 7:9

Reciprocal references (21): Genesis 1:1, Genesis 5:1, Exodus 10:9, Exodus 16:21, Judges 8:34, 2 Samuel 19:37, Job 35:10, Psalms 41:1, Psalms 71:5, Psalms 71:9, Psalms 95:6, Psalms 100:3, Psalms 119:9, Proverbs 1:4, Ecclesiastes 8:6, Ecclesiastes 11:9, Jeremiah 13:16, Matthew 20:2, Ephesians 5:16, Ephesians 6:13, Titus 2:6

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: EXHORTATIONS, SPECIAL, HOME, LONG LIFE, REMEMBRANCE-FORGETFULNESS, TIME, THE RIGHT USE OF
• Nave’s: CHILDREN, GOD, OLD AGE, READINGS, SELECT

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