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Ecclesiastes 12:5-7
Revised Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 12:5-7
Revised Standard Version
5 they are afraid also of what is high, and terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along[a] and desire fails; because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets; 6 before the silver cord is snapped,[b] or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern, 7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
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- Ecclesiastes 12:5 Or is a burden
- Ecclesiastes 12:6 Syr Vg Compare Gk: Heb is removed
Revised Standard Version (RSV)
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