Before the1 difficult days come,
And the years draw near bwhen you say,
“I have no pleasure in them”:
The moon and the stars,
Are not darkened,
And the clouds do not return after the rain;
And the strong men bow down;
When the grinders cease because they are few,
And those that look through the windows grow dim;
And the sound of grinding is low;
When one rises up at the sound of a bird,
And all athe daughters of music are brought low.
And of terrors in the way;
When the almond tree blossoms,
The grasshopper is a burden,
And desire fails.
For man goes to ahis eternal home,
And bthe mourners go about the streets.
Or the golden bowl is broken,
Or the pitcher shattered at the fountain,
Or the wheel broken at the well.
bAnd the spirit will return to God cwho gave it.
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Ecclesiastes 12:3
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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