Ecclesiastes 12:4

And they shall shut the doors in the marketplace, 1 Because of the weakness of the voice of her that grinds at the mill; 1 And he shall rise up at the voice of the sparrow, 1 And all the daughters of song shall be brought low; 1

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In The King James Version

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;

In Context

3In the day wherein the keepers of the house shall tremble, 1 And the mighty men shall become bent, 1 And the grinding women cease because they have become few, 1 And the women looking out at the windows be dark; 1

5And they shall look up, and fears shall be in the way, 1 And the almond tree shall blossom, 1 And the locust shall increase, 1 And the caper shall be scattered: 1 Because man has gone to his eternal home, 1 And the mourners have gone about the market: 1

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Cross References

Job 41:14And power is lodged in his neck, 1 Before him destruction runs. 1

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 12:2-8

The Infirmities of Old Age; The Effects of Death. 1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; 2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: 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… Read the whole commentary →

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