Ecclesiastes 12:1 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEcclesiastes 12:1 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וּזְכֹר֙
zâkar
H2142
to remember
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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בּ֣וֹרְאֶ֔יךָ
bârâʼ
H1254
to create
בִּימֵ֖י
yôwm
H3117
day
בְּחוּרֹתֶ֑יךָ
bᵉchurôwth
H979
youth
עַ֣ד
ʻad
H5704
until
אֲשֶׁ֤ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
לֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
יָבֹ֨אוּ֙
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
יְמֵ֣י
yôwm
H3117
day
הָֽרָעָ֔ה
raʻ
H7451
evil
וְהִגִּ֣יעוּ
nâgaʻ
H5060
to touch
שָׁנִ֔ים
shâneh
H8141
year
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
תֹּאמַ֔ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֵֽין
ʼayin
H369
nothing
לִ֥י
בָהֶ֖ם
חֵֽפֶץ
chêphets
H2656
delight
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World English Bible Public Domain
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, Before the evil days come, and the years draw near, When you will say, "I have no pleasure in them;"
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King James Version Public Domain
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;
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
So, remember your Creator in the days of your young adulthood, when the days of misfortune have not come and the years arrive of which you will say, “There is not for me pleasure in them“;
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).