Ecclesiastes 12:2-7 — Legacy Standard Bible

²before the ^asun and the light, the moon and the stars are darkened, and clouds return after the rain; ³in the day that the watchmen of the house tremble, and valiant men ^abend down, the grinding ones stand idle because they are few, and ^bthose who look through ¹windows grow dark; ⁴and the doors on the street are shut as the ^asound of the grinding mill is low, and one will arise at the sound of the bird, and all the ^bdaughters of song will ¹sing softly. ⁵Furthermore, ¹men are afraid of a high place and of terrors on the road; the almond tree blooms, the grasshopper drags itself along, and the caperberry is ineffective. For man goes to his eternal ^ahome, but the ^bmourners go about in the street. ⁶Remember Him before the silver ¹cord is ²snapped and the ^agolden bowl is crushed, the pitcher by the spring is broken and the wheel at the cistern is crushed; ⁷then the ^adust will return to the earth as it was, and the ¹^,^bspirit will return to ^cGod who gave it.