Ecclesiastes 12:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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;”
Ecclesiastes 12:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 12:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 12:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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;”
Ecclesiastes 12:4 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 12:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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; ”
Ecclesiastes 12:4 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 12:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And doors have been shut in the street. When the noise of the grinding is low, And <FI>one<Fi> riseth at the voice of the bird, And all daughters of song are bowed down.”
Ecclesiastes 12:4 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 12:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“and the doors are shut toward the street; when the sound of the grinding is subdued, and they rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low; ”
Ecclesiastes 12:4 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 12:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And the doores shall be shut without by the base sound of the grinding, and he shall rise vp at the voice of the birde: and all the daughters of singing shall be abased.”
Ecclesiastes 12:4 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 12:4 in Context — Ecclesiastes 12
2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
3 In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
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;
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:
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.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 12:4 Mean?
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