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.
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