Ecclesiastes 12:5
Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
KJV
excelsa quoque timebunt, et formidabunt in via. Florebit amygdalus, impinguabitur locusta, et dissipabitur capparis, quoniam ibit homo in domum æternitatis suæ, et circuibunt in platea plangentes.
Vulgate
καὶ εἰς τὸ ὕψος ὄψονται, καὶ θάμβοι ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ· καὶ ἀνθήσῃ τὸ ἀμύγδαλον, καὶ παχυνθῇ ἡ ἀκρίς, καὶ διασκεδασθῇ ἡ κάππαρις, ὅτι ἐπορεύθη ὁ ἄνθρωπος εἰς οἶκον αἰῶνος αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκύκλωσαν ἐν ἀγορᾷ οἱ κοπτόμενοι·
LXX
yea, they shall be afraid of that which is high, and terrors shall be in the way; and the almond-tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:
ASV
גַּ֣ם מִ/גָּבֹ֤הַּ יִרָ֨אוּ֙ וְ/חַתְחַתִּ֣ים בַּ/דֶּ֔רֶךְ וְ/יָנֵ֤אץ הַ/שָּׁקֵד֙ וְ/יִסְתַּבֵּ֣ל הֶֽ/חָגָ֔ב וְ/תָפֵ֖ר הָֽ/אֲבִיּוֹנָ֑ה כִּֽי הֹלֵ֤ךְ הָ/אָדָם֙ אֶל בֵּ֣ית עוֹלָמ֔/וֹ וְ/סָבְב֥וּ בָ/שּׁ֖וּק הַ/סֹּפְדִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 5:5 — And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
- Gen 50:3 — And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
- Jer 9:17 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:
- Jer 9:17 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:
- Job 14:12 — So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
- Job 15:10 — With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
- Job 17:13 — If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
- Job 30:23 — For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
- Job 30:23 — For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
- Josh 23:14 — And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake con
- Lev 19:32 — Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
- Prov 16:31 — The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
- Ps 49:10 — For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
- Ps 71:18 — Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
- Zech 1:5 — Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?