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Ecclesiastes 12 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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Remember God in Your Youth

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:1 - 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”;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - before the sun and the light, the moon and the stars are darkened, and clouds return after the rain;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:3 - 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 [fn]windows grow dim;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:4 - 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 [fn]sing softly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:5 - Furthermore, [fn]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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:6 - Remember Him before the silver cord is [fn]broken and the golden bowl is crushed, the pitcher by the well is shattered and the wheel at the cistern is crushed;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:7 - then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the [fn]spirit will return to God who gave it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:8 - “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, “all is vanity!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:9 - In addition to being a wise man, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge; and he pondered, searched out and arranged many proverbs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:10 - The Preacher sought to find delightful words and to write words of truth correctly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:11 - The words of wise men are like goads, and masters of these collections are like [fn]well-driven nails; they are given by one Shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:12 - But beyond this, my son, be warned: the [fn]writing of many books is endless, and excessive devotion to books is wearying to the body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:13 - The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:14 - For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil.
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NASB95 Footnotes
Or, holes
Literally: be brought low
Literally: they
So with Gr; Heb removed
Or, breath
Literally: planted
Literally: making
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Ecclesiastes Chapter 12 — Additional Translations:

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