Ecclesiastes 11:10 Meaning and Explanation
“Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Let go of needless grief and turn from what harms you, because youth is brief and soon gone.
What Does Ecclesiastes 11:10 Mean?
The chapter closes its counsel to the young with a double charge: put away vexing sorrow from the heart and turn evil away from the body. Both anxiety within and wrongdoing without can rob these years of their joy.
Because childhood and youth pass so quickly, like a vanishing breath, they are not to be squandered on bitterness or sin. This is a call to wholesome living while strength remains, a heart freed from corroding grief and a life kept clean. Such gladness, ordered toward God, is the truest way to honor the fleeting gift of one's early days.
Ecclesiastes 11:10 in the Original Language
kaas (כַּעַס), 'sorrow' -- vexation, grief, or anger that gnaws at the heart.
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What does Ecclesiastes 11:10 mean?
Let go of needless grief and turn from what harms you, because youth is brief and soon gone.