What Does Ecclesiastes 11:8 Mean?

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

“years”

a year (as a revolution of time)

“for they shall be many”

to increase (in whatever respect)

“live”

to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive

“But if a man”

ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“and rejoice”

probably to brighten up, i.e., (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome

“in them all yet let him remember”

properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e., to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“the days”

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 asso

“of darkness”

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“for they shall be many”

to increase (in whatever respect)

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“All that cometh”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

“is vanity”

emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb