the doors at the street are shut
while the sound of the mill fades;(A)
when one rises at the sound of a bird,
and all the daughters of song grow faint.
Also, they are afraid of heights and dangers on the road;
the almond tree blossoms,
the grasshopper loses its spring,[a]
and the caper berry has no effect;
for the mere mortal is headed to his eternal home,(B)
and mourners will walk around in the street;(C)
before the silver cord is snapped,[b]
and the gold bowl is broken,(D)
and the jar is shattered at the spring,
and the wheel is broken into the well;

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Footnotes

  1. 12:5 Or grasshopper is weighed down, or grasshopper drags itself along
  2. 12:6 Alt Hb tradition reads removed

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