Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 12:1

¹Remember your Creator in the days of your youth,

before the days of adversity come

and the years approach of which you will say,

“I find no pleasure in them,”

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Remember	וּזְכֹר֙	ū·zə·ḵōr	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H2142 remember
your Creator	בּ֣וֹרְאֶ֔יךָ	bō·wr·’e·ḵā	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H1254 shape, create
in the days	בִּימֵ֖י	bî·mê	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct	H3117 day
of your youth	בְּחוּרֹתֶ֑יךָ	bə·ḥū·rō·ṯe·ḵā	Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H979 youth
before	עַ֣ד	‘aḏ	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
the days	יְמֵ֣י	yə·mê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H3117 day
of adversity	הָֽרָעָ֔ה	hā·rā·‘āh	Article; Adjective - feminine singular	H7451 bad, evil
come	יָבֹ֙אוּ֙	yā·ḇō·’ū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
and the years	שָׁנִ֔ים	šā·nîm	Noun - feminine plural	H8141 year
approach	וְהִגִּ֣יעוּ	wə·hig·gî·‘ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H5060 touch, reach, strike
of which	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
you will say	תֹּאמַ֔ר	tō·mar	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
I find no	אֵֽין־	’ên-	Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
pleasure	חֵֽפֶץ׃	ḥê·p̄eṣ	Noun - masculine singular	H2656 delight, pleasure
in them	בָהֶ֖ם	ḇā·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Lamentations 3:27 · Ecclesiastes 11:8 · Psalm 71:17–18 · Proverbs 22:6 · Luke 18:16 · Psalm 34:11 · 2 Timothy 3:15 · Psalm 90:10 · 1 Samuel 16:12–13 · Ecclesiastes 11:10 · Luke 2:40–52 · 2 Samuel 19:35

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.