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Where is “Remember your Creator in the days of your youth” in the Bible?
“Remember your Creator in the days of your youth” is Ecclesiastes 12:1. The Teacher of Ecclesiastes says it. Tradition names him as Solomon.
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It is Ecclesiastes 12:1.
Yes, it is in the Bible.
The Teacher of Ecclesiastes says it. Tradition names him as Solomon.
The verse
So remember your Creator while you are young, before the bad days arrive and the years come of which you will say, “They give me no delight”;
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What it means there
The verses after it describe old age in pictures: dim eyes, shaking hands, fading strength. The advice is not to wait until then to think about God.
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Where is “Remember your Creator in the days of your youth” in the Bible?
“Remember your Creator in the days of your youth” is Ecclesiastes 12:1. English Bibles word this verse in different ways. The Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible, is quoted here. The Teacher of Ecclesiastes says it. Tradition names him as Solomon.
Is “Remember your Creator in the days of your youth” in the Bible?
Yes. It is Ecclesiastes 12:1. In the Lumin Translation, Ecclesiastes 12:1 reads: “So remember your Creator while you are young, before the bad days arrive and the years come of which you will say, “They give me no delight”;”
Who said “Remember your Creator in the days of your youth”?
The Teacher of Ecclesiastes says it. Tradition names him as Solomon.
What does “Remember your Creator in the days of your youth” mean in the Bible?
The verses after it describe old age in pictures: dim eyes, shaking hands, fading strength. The advice is not to wait until then to think about God.
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