SIL Translator’s Notes on Ecclesiastes 11:9

11:9a Rejoice, O young man, while you are young,

So you young people should enjoy yourselves while you are ⌊still⌋ young.
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Young people, enjoy your life while you are young. (EEB)

11:9b and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth.

Feel good about life while you are still young.
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Enjoy every minute of it! (New Living Translation (2004))

11:9c Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes,

Do what you want and find pleasure in what you see. (Contemporary English Version)
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Do what what interests you and enjoy what you see.

11:9d but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.

But remember that God will judge you for all your thoughts and actions. (FBV)
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But I want you to know that God will judge you for everything you do. (New International Reader’s Version)

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