8Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.


In Context

5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.

9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

Ecclesiastes 9:8 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:8Always be clothed in white, and always anoint your head with oil.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:8At all times let thy garments be white, and let not oil depart from thy head.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:8Let thy garments be always white; and let not thy head lack oil.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8Let thy garments be always white, and let not thy head lack oil.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:8Let thy garments be always white; and let not thy head lack ointment.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8Let your garments be always white, and don't let your head lack oil.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8At all times let thy garments be white, and let not perfume be lacking on thy head.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:8Let your garments be always white; and let your head lack no ointment.