Ecclesiastes 12

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Ecclesiastes 12

1. Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years of old age draw near, when you shall say, “I have no pleasure in them.”

2. When the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are darkened, or the clouds return after rain, starWhen your vision dims with old age making it hard to see the sun, moon or stars.pointer

3. In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men are stooped over, and the grinders cease because they are few, and the eyes of those who look out of the windows grow dim, starVerses 3-7 are poetic analogies describing the process of aging, becoming weaker as one’s life declines unto death.pointer

4. And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and you shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;

5. Also when they are afraid of heights, and terrors along the way, and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets;

6. Before the silver cord is loosed, 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.

8. “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “all is vanity.”

9. And more than that, the Preacher was wise; he still taught the people knowledge. Yea, he pondered and sought out and set in order many proverbs.

10. The Preacher sought to find out pleasing words; and words of truth written by the upright.

11. The words of the wise men are like goads; yea, their collected words are like nails driven home; given by one Shepherd.

12. And further, by these, my son, be warned. Of the making of many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

13. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments. For this is the whole man.

14. For God shall bring every work into judgment, concerning every secret thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

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now your CreatorH1254
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in the daysH3117
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of your youth,H979
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beforeH5704
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the evilH7451
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daysH3117
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come,H935
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and the yearsH834
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of old agedraw near,H5060
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when you shall say,H559
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have noH369
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pleasureH2656
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in them."Hb
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In the dayH3117
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when the keepersH8104
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of the houseH1004
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shall tremble,H2111
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and the strongH2428
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menH376
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are stoopedH5791
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over, and the grindersH2912
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ceaseH988
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becauseH3588
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they are few,H4591
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and the eyes of those who look outH7200
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of the windowsH699
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grow dim,H2821
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And the doorsH1817
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shall be shutH5462
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in the streets,H7784
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when the soundH6963
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of the grindingH2913
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is low,H8217
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and you shall rise upH6965
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at the voiceH6963
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of a bird,H6833
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and allH3605
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the daughtersH1323
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of musicH7892
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shall be brought low;H7817
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Also whenH1571
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they are afraidH3372
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of heights,H1364
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and terrorsH2849
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along the way,H1870
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and the almond treeH8247
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shall blossom,H5006
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and the grasshopperH2284
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shall be a burden,H5445
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and desireH35
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shall fail;H6565
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becauseH3588
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manH120
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goesH1980
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toH413
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his longH5769
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home,H1004
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and the mournersH5594
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go aboutH5437
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the streets;H7784
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"VanityH1892
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of vanities,"H1892
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saysH559
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the Preacher;H6953
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"allH3605
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isvanity."H1892
HNcmsa

And moreH3148
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than that, the PreacherH6953
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wasH1961
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wise;H2450
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he stillH5750
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taughtH3925
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H853
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the peopleH5971
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knowledge.H1847
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Yea, he ponderedH239
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and sought outH2713
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and set in orderH8626
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manyH7235
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proverbs.H4912
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The PreacherH6953
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soughtH1245
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to find outH4672
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pleasingH2656
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words;H1697
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and wordsH1697
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of truthH571
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writtenH3789
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by the upright.H3476
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The wordsH1697
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of the wise menH2450
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arelike goads;H1861
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yea, their collected wordsH627
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are like nailsH4930
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drivenH5193
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home; givenH5414
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by oneH259
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Shepherd.H7462
HRHVqrmsa

And further,H3148
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by these,H1992
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my son,H1121
HNcmscHSp1cs
be warned.H2094
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Of the makingH6213
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of manyH7235
HVha
booksH5612
HNcmpa
there is noH369
HTn
end,H7093
HNcmsa
and muchH7235
HVha
studyH3854
HCHNcmsa
isa wearinessH3024
HNcfsc
of the flesh.H1320
HNcmsa

ForH3588
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GodH430
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shall bringH935
HVhi3ms
H853
HTo
everyH3605
HNcmsc
workH4639
HNcmsa
into judgment,H4941
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concerningH5921
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everyH3605
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secret thing,H5956
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whetherH518
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it isgood,H2896
HAamsa
or whetherH518
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it is evil.H7451
HAamsa

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