Ecclesiastes 12:5

And hiy thingis schulen drede, and schulen be aferd in the weie; an alemaunde tre schal floure, a locuste schal be maad fat, and capparis schal be distried; for a man schal go in to the hous of his euerlastyngnesse, and weileris schulen go aboute in the street.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

4and schulen close the doris in the street, in the lownesse of vois of a gryndere; and thei schulen rise at the vois of a brid, and alle the douytris of song schulen wexe deef.

6Haue thou mynde on thi creatour, byfore that a siluerne roop be brokun, and a goldun lace renne ayen, and a watir pot be al to-brokun on the welle, and a wheele be brokun togidere on the cisterne;

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Cross References

Genesis 44:29if ye taken also this sone, and ony thing bifallith to hym in the weye, ye schulen lede forth myn hoor heeris with morenyng to hellis.

Genesis 50:3While thei `filliden the comaundementis, fourti daies passiden, for this was the custom of deed bodies anoyntid; and Egipt biwepte hym seuenti daies.

Job 15:10Bothe wise men and elde, myche eldre than thi fadris, ben among vs.

Job 30:23Y woot, that thow schalt bitake me to deeth, where an hows is ordeyned to ech lyuynge man.

Psalms 71:18Blessid be the Lord God of Israel; which aloone makith merueiylis.

Proverbs 20:29The ful out ioiyng of yonge men is the strengthe of hem; and the dignyte of elde men is hoornesse.

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