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Ecclesiastes 12 :: Darby Translation (DBY)

Ecc 12:1

Ecc 12:1And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, of which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

Ecc 12:2

Ecc 12:2before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, be darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;

Ecc 12:3

Ecc 12:3in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows are darkened,

Ecc 12:4

Ecc 12:4and the doors are shut toward the street; when the sound of the grinding is subdued, and they rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low;

Ecc 12:5

Ecc 12:5they are also afraid of what is high, and terrors are in the way, and the almond is despised, and the grasshopper is a burden, and the caper-berry is without effect; (for man goeth to his age-long home, and the mourners go about the streets;)

Ecc 12:6

Ecc 12:6-- before the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be shattered at the fountain, or the wheel be broken at the cistern;

Ecc 12:7

Ecc 12:7and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return unto God who gave it.

Ecc 12:8

Ecc 12:8Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher: all is vanity.

Purpose of the Preacher

Ecc 12:9

Ecc 12:9And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; and he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

Ecc 12:10

Ecc 12:10The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words; and that which was written is upright, words of truth.

Ecc 12:11

Ecc 12:11The words of the wise are as goads, and the collections of them as nails fastened in: they are given from one shepherd.

Ecc 12:12

Ecc 12:12And besides, my son, be warned by them: of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Ecc 12:13

Ecc 12:13Let us hear the end of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole of man.

Ecc 12:14

Ecc 12:14For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.
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