Ecclesiastes 12:3

That will be the time when the palace guards will tremble, 2 and strong men are bent over, 1 and the women who grind cease because they are few, 1 and those who look out of windows no longer see clearly. 1

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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,

In Context

2do this before the light of the sun and the moon and the stars grows dark, 2 and dark clouds return after the rain. 1

4That will be the time when the doors are shut in the street, 2 and the sound of grinding stops, 1 when men are startled at the voice of a bird, 2 and the singing of girls' voices fades away. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 27:1When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau, his older son, and said to him, “My son.” He said to him, “Here I am.”

1 Samuel 3:2At that time, when Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see well, was lying down in his own bed.

Psalms 90:9Our life passes away under your wrath; 1 our years quickly pass like a sigh. 1

Zechariah 8:4Yahweh of hosts says this: 1 Old men and old women will once again be in the streets of Jerusalem, 1 and every person will need a staff in his hand because he has grown so old. 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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