Ecclesiastes 12:1 (YLT)

Passage

Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, `I have no pleasure in them.'

Nearby Context

Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, `I have no pleasure in them.'

Ecclesiastes 12:2 While that the sun is not darkened, and the light, And the moon, and the stars, And the thick clouds returned after the rain.

Ecclesiastes 12:3 In the day that keepers of the house tremble, And men of strength have bowed themselves, And grinders have ceased, because they have become few. And those looking out at the windows have become dim,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "remember", "creators", "days", "youth", "evil", "come", and "years". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "remember" and "creators", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "While that the sun is not darkened...", so "remember" and "creators" should be read forward into that movement. In Ecclesiastes context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "remember" and "creators" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.