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Ecclesiastes 12:4-6
1599 Geneva Bible

4 And the [a]doors shall be shut without by the base sound of the [b]grinding, and he shall rise up at the voice of the [c]bird: and all the [d]daughters of singing shall be abased:

5 Also they shall be afraid of the [e]high thing, and fear shall be in the [f]way, and the almond tree shall [g]flourish, and the [h]grasshopper shall be a burden, and concupiscence shall be driven away: for man goeth to the house of his age, and the mourners go about in the street.

6 While the [i]silver cord is not lengthened, nor the golden [j]ewer broken, nor the [k]pitcher broken at the [l]well, nor the [m]wheel broken at the [n]cistern,

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  1. Ecclesiastes 12:4 The lips, or mouth.
  2. Ecclesiastes 12:4 When the jaws, shall scarce open, and not be able to chew anymore.
  3. Ecclesiastes 12:4 He shall not be able to sleep.
  4. Ecclesiastes 12:4 That is, the wind pipes, or the ears shall be deaf and not able to hear singing.
  5. Ecclesiastes 12:5 To climb high because of their weakness, or they stoop down, as though they were afraid, lest anything should hit them.
  6. Ecclesiastes 12:5 They shall tremble as they go, as though they were afraid.
  7. Ecclesiastes 12:5 Their head shall be as white as the blossoms of an almond tree.
  8. Ecclesiastes 12:5 They shall be able to bear nothing.
  9. Ecclesiastes 12:6 Meaning, the marrow of the backbone and the sinews.
  10. Ecclesiastes 12:6 The little skin that covereth the brain, which is in color like gold.
  11. Ecclesiastes 12:6 That is, the veins.
  12. Ecclesiastes 12:6 Meaning, the liver.
  13. Ecclesiastes 12:6 Which is the head.
  14. Ecclesiastes 12:6 That is, the heart, out of which the head draweth the powers of life.
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Ecclesiastes 12:4-6
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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.

6 Remember him—before the silver cord is severed,
    and the golden bowl is broken;
before the pitcher is shattered at the spring,
    and the wheel broken at the well,

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