Ecclesiastes 12:5-7
1599 Geneva Bible
5 Also they shall be afraid of the [a]high thing, and fear shall be in the [b]way, and the almond tree shall [c]flourish, and the [d]grasshopper shall be a burden, and concupiscence shall be driven away: for man goeth to the house of his age, and the mourners go about in the street.
6 While the [e]silver cord is not lengthened, nor the golden [f]ewer broken, nor the [g]pitcher broken at the [h]well, nor the [i]wheel broken at the [j]cistern,
7 And dust return to the earth as it was, and the [k]spirit return to God that gave it.
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- Ecclesiastes 12:5 To climb high because of their weakness, or they stoop down, as though they were afraid, lest anything should hit them.
- Ecclesiastes 12:5 They shall tremble as they go, as though they were afraid.
- Ecclesiastes 12:5 Their head shall be as white as the blossoms of an almond tree.
- Ecclesiastes 12:5 They shall be able to bear nothing.
- Ecclesiastes 12:6 Meaning, the marrow of the backbone and the sinews.
- Ecclesiastes 12:6 The little skin that covereth the brain, which is in color like gold.
- Ecclesiastes 12:6 That is, the veins.
- Ecclesiastes 12:6 Meaning, the liver.
- Ecclesiastes 12:6 Which is the head.
- Ecclesiastes 12:6 That is, the heart, out of which the head draweth the powers of life.
- Ecclesiastes 12:7 The soul incontinently goeth either to joy or torment, and sleepeth not as the wicked imagine.
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