Ecclesiastes 12:4-6
Legacy Standard Bible
4 and the doors on the street are shut as the (A)sound of the grinding mill is low, and one will arise at the sound of the bird, and all the (B)daughters of song will [a]sing softly. 5 Furthermore, [b]men are afraid of a high place and of terrors on the road; the almond tree blooms, the grasshopper drags itself along, and the caperberry is ineffective. For man goes to his eternal (C)home, but the (D)mourners go about in the street. 6 Remember Him before the silver [c]cord is [d]snapped and the (E)golden bowl is crushed, the pitcher by the spring is broken and the wheel at the cistern is crushed;
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- Ecclesiastes 12:4 Lit be brought low
- Ecclesiastes 12:5 Lit they
- Ecclesiastes 12:6 Or vanity
- Ecclesiastes 12:6 As in Gr; Heb removed
Ecclesiastes 12:4-6
New International Version
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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