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Ecclesiastes 12:5

Death and lossFear

3 In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,

4 And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;

Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:

6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.

7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

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BSB
when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels— for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.
KJV
Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
WEB
yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be on the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets;
ASV
yea, they shall be afraid of [that which is] high, and terrors [shall be] in the way; and the almond-tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:
DARBY
they are also afraid of what is high, and terrors are in the way, and the almond is despised, and the grasshopper is a burden, and the caper-berry is without effect; (for man goeth to his age-long home, and the mourners go about the streets;)
BLB
they are afraid even from height and terrors in the way; for the almond tree blossoms, and the grasshopper carries itself along and the caper berry breaks off, because man is going to his eternal home, and those mourning go around in the street—
ÅB
og en frykter for hver bakke, og det lurer skremsler på veien, og mandeltreet blomstrer, og gresshoppen sleper seg fram, og kapersen mister sin kraft; for mennesket drar bort til sin evige bolig, og de sørgende går allerede og venter på gaten -
OTB
når folk frykter høyder og farer i gatene; når mandeltreet blomstrer, gresshoppen drar seg fram, og kapersbæret svikter. For mennesket går til sitt evige hjem, og sørgende går omkring i gatene.
B1930
og en frykter for hver bakke, og det lurer skremsler på veien, og mandeltreet blomstrer, og gresshoppen sleper sig frem, og kapersen mister sin kraft; for mennesket drar bort til sin evige bolig, og de sørgende går allerede og venter på gaten -

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