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Ecclesiastes 12:6

Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.

KJV

Antequam rumpatur funiculus argenteus, et recurrat vitta aurea, et conteratur hydria super fontem, et confringatur rota super cisternam,

Vulgate

ἕως ὅτου μὴ ἀνατραπῇ τὸ σχοινίον τοῦ ἀργυρίου, καὶ συντριβῇ τὸ ἀνθέμιον τοῦ χρυσίου, καὶ συντριβῇ ὑδρεία ἐπὶ τῇ πηγῇ, καὶ συντροχάσῃ ὁ τροχὸς ἐπὶ τὸν λάκκον·

LXX

before the silver cord is loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern,

ASV

עַ֣ד אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא ירחק יֵרָתֵק֙ חֶ֣בֶל הַ/כֶּ֔סֶף וְ/תָרֻ֖ץ גֻּלַּ֣ת הַ/זָּהָ֑ב וְ/תִשָּׁ֤בֶר כַּד֙ עַל הַ/מַּבּ֔וּעַ וְ/נָרֹ֥ץ הַ/גַּלְגַּ֖ל אֶל הַ/בּֽוֹר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בֽוֹר
bvr
noun · 68×
גַּלְגַּ֖ל
glgl
noun · 11×
גֻּלֹּ֣ת
glt
noun · 15×
הּ
h
noun · 18×
זָהָ֖ב
zhb
noun · 388×
חֶ֣בֶל
chbl
noun · 61×
יֵרָתֵק֙
yrtq
verb · 2×
כֶּ֣סֶף
ksp
noun · 402×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מַּבּ֔וּעַ
mbv'
noun · 3×
נִשְׁבְּר֥וּ
nshbrv
verb · 149×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רָצ֤וּץ
rtsvts
verb · 19×
תִּרְחַ֥ק
trchq
verb · 56×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Zech 4:2 — And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, whi