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class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Before the sun, and the light, and the moon,</div><div class="po2">And the stars, are darkened,</div><div class="po2">And the clouds return after the rain;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble,</div><div class="po2">And the strong men shall bow themselves,</div><div class="po2">And the grinders cease because they are few,</div><div class="po2">And those that look out shall be darkened in the windows,</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And the doors shall be shut in the street,</div><div class="po2">When the sound of the grinding is low;</div><div class="po2">And one shall start up at the voice of a bird,</div><div class="po2">And all the daughters of music shall be brought low;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high,</div><div class="po2">And terrors shall be in the way;</div><div class="po2">And the almond-tree shall blossom,</div><div class="po2">And the grasshopper shall drag itself along,</div><div class="po2">And the caperberry shall fail;</div><div class="po2">Because man goeth to his long home,</div><div class="po2">And the mourners go about the streets;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Before the silver cord is snapped asunder,</div><div class="po2">And the golden bowl is shattered,</div><div class="po2">And the pitcher is broken at the fountain,</div><div class="po2">And the wheel falleth shattered, into the pit;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And the dust returneth to the earth as it was,</div><div class="po2">And the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.</div> <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Vanity of vanities, saith Koheleth; all is vanity. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And besides that Koheleth was wise, he also taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Koheleth sought to find out words of delight, and that which was written uprightly, even words of truth. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails well fastened are those that are composed in collections; they are given from one shepherd. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The end of the matter, all having been heard: fear God, and keep His commandments; for this is the whole man. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For God shall bring every work into the judgment concerning every hidden thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.</div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ecclesiastes/11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ecclesiastes 11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ecclesiastes 11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../songs/1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' 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