Ecclesiastes 12:6
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;
5 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:
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.
8 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Remember Him before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is crushed, before the pitcher is shattered at the spring and the wheel is broken at the well,
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the spring, or the wheel broken at the cistern,
- ASV
- before the silver cord is loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern,
- DARBY
- before the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be shattered at the fountain, or the wheel be broken at the cistern;
- BLB
- while the cord of silver is not snapped or the bowl of gold broken or the pitcher shattered at the fountain or the wheel crushed at the well,
- ÅB
- før sølvsnoren tas bort, og gullskålen slåes i stykker, og krukken brytes sønder ved kilden, og hjulet knuses og faller ned i brønnen,
- OTB
- Husk din Skaper før sølvtråden ryker, og gullskålen knuses; før krukken knuses ved kilden, og hjulet brytes ved brønnen,
- B1930
- før sølvsnoren tas bort, og gullskålen slåes i stykker, og krukken brytes sønder ved kilden, og hjulet knuses og faller ned i brønnen,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Zechariah 4:2–3
And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:
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