Ecclesiastes 12:5

And 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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 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

6Before the silver cord be let go, 1 Or the choice gold be broken, 1 Or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, 1 Or the wheel run down to the cistern; 1

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Cross References

Genesis 44:29If then ye take this one also from my presence, and an affliction happen to him by the way, then shall ye bring down my old age with sorrow to the grave.

Genesis 50:3And they fulfilled forty days for him, for so are the days of embalming numbered; and Egypt mourned for him seventy days.

Job 15:10Truly among us are both the old and very aged man, 1 More advanced in days than thy father. 1

Job 30:23For I know that death will destroy me: 1 For the earth is the house appointed for every mortal. 1

Psalms 71:18Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, who alone does wonders. 1

Proverbs 20:29Wisdom is an ornament to young men; 1 And gray hairs are the glory of old men. 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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