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Ecclesiastes 11:10

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

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וְהָסֵ֥רvehaserand turnסוּרconjunction, verb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and turn”, a commandH5493to turn off (literal or figurative)be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn…כַּ֨עַס֙kaasangerכַּעַסnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “anger”, the ordinary formH3708vexationanger, angry, grief, indignation, provocation, provoking, [idiom] sore, sorrow, spite, wrath.מִלִּבֶּ֔ךָmilibekhafrom comfortablyלֵבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “from comfortably”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…וְהַעֲבֵ֥רvehaaverand alienateעָבַרconjunction, verb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and alienate”, a commandH5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way…רָעָ֖הraahbadרַעnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “bad”, the ordinary formH7451bad 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…מִבְּשָׂרֶ֑ךָmibsarekhafrom bodyבָּשָׂרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “from body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of amanbody, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…הַיַּלְד֥וּתhayaldutthe childhoodיַלְדוּתdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the childhood”, the ordinary formH3208boyhood (or girlhood)childhood, youth.וְהַֽשַּׁחֲר֖וּתvehashacharutand the youthשַׁחֲרוּתconjunction, definite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and the youth”, the ordinary formH7839a dawning, i.e. (figuratively) juvenescenceyouth.הָֽבֶלhavelvanityהֶבֶלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “vanity”, the ordinary formH1892emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb[idiom] altogether, vain, vanity.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Therefore remove vexation from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for childhood and youth are vanity.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

Young’s Literal Translation

And turn aside anger from thy heart, And cause evil to pass from thy flesh, For the childhood and the age [are] vanity!

World English Bible

Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

Darby Translation

Then remove discontent from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for childhood and youth are vanity.

Douay-Rheims

Remove anger from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh. For youth and pleasure are vain.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Therefore remove vexation from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for childhood and youth are vanity.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for youth and folly are vanity.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀπόστησον θυμὸν ἀπὸ καρδίας σου, καὶ πάραγε πονηρίαν ἀπὸ σαρκός σου, ὅτι ἡ νεότης καὶ ἡ ἄνοια ματαιότης.