Ecclesiastes 9:8
Good News Translation
Always look happy and cheerful.

New Revised Standard Version
Let your garments always be white; do not let oil be lacking on your head.

Contemporary English Version
Dress up, comb your hair, and look your best.

New American Bible
At all times let your garments be white, and spare not the perfume for your head.

Douay-Rheims Bible
At all times let thy garments be white, and let not oil depart from thy head.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

thy garments

2 Samuel 19:24 And Miphiboseth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and he had neither washed his feet, nor trimmed his beard: nor washed his garments from the day that the king went out, until the day of his return in peace.

Esther 8:15 And Mardochai going forth out of the palace, and from the king's presence, shone in royal apparel, to wit, of violet and sky colour, wearing a golden crown on his head, and clothed with a cloak of silk and purple. And all the city rejoiced, and was glad.

Revelation 3:4,5 But thou hast a few names in Sardis which have not defiled their garments: and they shall walk with me in white, because they are worthy. . . .

Revelation 7:9,13,14 After this, I saw a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and in sight of the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands. . . .

Revelation 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

Revelation 19:8,14 And it is granted to her that she should clothe herself with fine linen, glittering and white. For the fine linen are the justifications of saints. . . .

let thy head

Ruth 3:3 Wash thyself therefore and anoint thee, and put on thy best garments, and go down to the barnfloor: but let not the man see thee, till he shall have done eating and drinking.

2 Samuel 14:2 Sent to Thecua, and fetched from thence a wise woman: and said to her: Feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, and be not anointed with oil, that thou mayest be as a woman that had a long time been mourning for one dead.

Daniel 10:3 I ate no desirable bread, and neither flesh, nor wine, entered into my mouth, neither was I anointed with ointment: till the days of three weeks were accomplished.

Amos 6:6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best ointments: and they are not concerned for the affliction of Joseph.

Matthew 6:17 But thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head, and wash thy face;

Luke 7:46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint. But she with ointment hath anointed my feet.

Context
Enjoy Your Portion in This Life
7Go then, and eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with gladness: because thy works please God. 8At all times let thy garments be white, and let not oil depart from thy head.9Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest, all the days of thy unsteady life, which are given to thee under the sun, all the time of thy vanity: for this is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherewith thou labourest under the sun.…
Cross References
Luke 7:46
My head with oil thou didst not anoint. But she with ointment hath anointed my feet.

Revelation 3:4
But thou hast a few names in Sardis which have not defiled their garments: and they shall walk with me in white, because they are worthy.

Psalm 23:5
Thou hast prepared a table before me against them that afflict me. Thou hast anointed my head with oil; and my chalice which inebreateth me, how goodly is it!

Ecclesiastes 9:7
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