Ecclesiastes 12:3-5
New American Standard Bible 1995
3 in the day that the watchmen of the house tremble, and mighty men (A)stoop, the grinding ones stand idle because they are few, and (B)those who look through [a]windows grow dim; 4 and the doors on the street are shut as the (C)sound of the grinding mill is low, and one will arise at the sound of the bird, and all the (D)daughters of song will [b]sing softly. 5 Furthermore, [c]men are afraid of a high place and of terrors on the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags himself along, and the caperberry is ineffective. For man goes to his eternal (E)home while (F)mourners go about in the street.
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- Ecclesiastes 12:3 Or holes
- Ecclesiastes 12:4 Lit be brought low
- Ecclesiastes 12:5 Lit they
Ecclesiastes 12:3-5
New International Version
3 when the keepers of the house tremble,
and the strong men stoop,
when the grinders cease because they are few,
and those looking through the windows grow dim;
4 when the doors to the street are closed
and the sound of grinding fades;
when people rise up at the sound of birds,
but all their songs grow faint;(A)
5 when people are afraid of heights
and of dangers in the streets;
when the almond tree blossoms
and the grasshopper drags itself along
and desire no longer is stirred.
Then people go to their eternal home(B)
and mourners(C) go about the streets.
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