Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
keepers of the house—namely, the hands and arms which protected the body, as guards do a palace (Genesis 49:24; Job 4:19; II Corinthians 5:1), are now palsied.
strong men . . . bow— (Judges 16:25, Judges 16:30). Like supporting pillars, the feet and knees (Song of Solomon 5:15); the strongest members (Psalms 147:10).
grinders—the molar teeth.
cease—are idle.
those that look out of the windows—the eyes; the powers of vision, looking out from beneath the eyelids, which open and shut like the casement of a window.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ecclesiastes 12:3:
Ecclesiastes 12:1
Ecclesiastes 12:6
Song of Solomon 5:15
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