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Ecclesiastes 12:4

And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;

KJV

et claudent ostia in platea, in humilitate vocis molentis, et consurgent ad vocem volucris, et obsurdescent omnes filiæ carminis :

Vulgate

καὶ κλείσουσιν θύρας ἐν ἀγορᾷ ἐν ἀσθενείᾳ φωνῆς τῆς ἀληθούσης, καὶ ἀναστήσεται εἰς φωνὴν τοῦ στρουθίου, καὶ ταπεινωθήσονται πᾶσαι αἱ θυγατέρες τοῦ ᾄσματος,

LXX

and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;

ASV

וְ/סֻגְּר֤וּ דְלָתַ֨יִם֙ בַּ/שּׁ֔וּק בִּ/שְׁפַ֖ל ק֣וֹל הַֽ/טַּחֲנָ֑ה וְ/יָקוּם֙ לְ/ק֣וֹל הַ/צִּפּ֔וֹר וְ/יִשַּׁ֖חוּ כָּל בְּנ֥וֹת הַ/שִּֽׁיר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
דַּלְת֣וֹת
dltvt
noun · 89×
טַּחֲנָ֑ה
tchnh
noun · 1×
יִּשַּׁ֥ח
yshch
verb · 20×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
סָג֑וּר
sgvr
verb · 91×
צִּפֹּ֣ר
tspr
noun · 39×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×
שְׁפַל
shpl
verb · 19×
שִׁ֥יר
shyr
noun · 91×
שּׁ֔וּק
shvq
noun · 4×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 19:35 — I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore
  • Jer 25:10 — Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.