Ecclesiastes 12:6

Before 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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.

In Context

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

7Before the dust also return to the earth as it was, 1 And the spirit return to God who gave it. 1

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Cross References

Zechariah 4:2And he said to me, What seest thou? And I said, I have seen, and behold a candlestick all of gold, and its bowl upon it, and seven lamps upon it, and seven oil funnels to the lamps upon it:

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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