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Ecclesiastes 12 Brenton's Septuagint Translation
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nor the clouds return after the rain: <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>in the day wherein the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the mighty men shall become bent, and the grinding <i>women</i> cease because they have become few, and the <i>women</i> looking out at the windows be dark; <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and they shall shut the doors in the market-place, because of the weakness of the voice of her that grinds <i>at the mill</i>; and he shall rise up at the voice of the sparrow, and all the daughters of song shall be brought low; <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>and they shall look up, and fears <i>shall be</i> in the way, and the almond tree shall blossom, and the locust shall increase, and the caper shall be scattered: because man has gone to his eternal home, and the mourners have gone about the market: <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>before the silver cord be <i>let go</i>, or the choice gold be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel run down to the cistern; <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><i>before</i> the dust also return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return to God who gave it. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher; all is vanity.<p> <A name="10"></a><p class="hdg">The Whole Duty of Man<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And because the Preacher was wise above <i>others, so it was</i> that he taught man excellent knowledge, and the ear will trace out the parables. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The Preacher sought diligently to find out acceptable words, and a correct writing, <i>even</i> words of truth.<p> <A name="12"></a><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 firmly fastened, which have been given from one shepherd by agreement. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And moreover, my son, guard thyself by means of them: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Hear the end of the matter, the sun: 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 will bring every work into judgment, with everything that has been overlooked, whether <i>it be</i> good, or whether <i>it be</i> evil.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></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"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Song of Solomon 1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Song of Solomon 1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>