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class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near when you will say, "I have no delight in them";<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">before the sun and the light, the moon and the stars are darkened, and clouds return after the rain;<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">in the day that the watchmen of the house tremble, and mighty men stoop, the grinding ones stand idle because they are few, and those who look through windows grow dim;<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look through the windows are dimmed,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">and the doors on the street are shut as the sound of the grinding mill is low, and one will arise at the sound of the bird, and all the daughters of song will sing softly.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">and the doors on the street are shut—when the sound of the grinding is low, and one rises up at the sound of a bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low—</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Furthermore, men are afraid of a high place and of terrors on the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags himself along, and the caperberry is ineffective. For man goes to his eternal home while mourners go about in the street.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">they are afraid also of what is high, and terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along, and desire fails, because man is going to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets—</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Remember Him before the silver cord is broken and the golden bowl is crushed, the pitcher by the well is shattered and the wheel at the cistern is crushed;<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">before the silver cord is snapped, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is shattered at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher, "all is vanity!"<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">In addition to being a wise man, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge; and he pondered, searched out and arranged many proverbs.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Besides being wise, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs with great care.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The Preacher sought to find delightful words and to write words of truth correctly.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The Preacher sought to find words of delight, and uprightly he wrote words of truth.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The words of wise men are like goads, and masters of these collections are like well-driven nails; they are given by one Shepherd.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one Shepherd.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But beyond this, my son, be warned: the writing of many books is endless, and excessive devotion to books is wearying to the body.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">My son, beware of anything beyond these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%">New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. 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