Ecclesiastes 12:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Ecclesiastes 12:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 12:6 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Ecclesiastes 12:6 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Ecclesiastes 12:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the spring, or the wheel broken at the cistern,”
Ecclesiastes 12:6 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 12:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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, ”
Ecclesiastes 12:6 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 12:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“While that the silver cord is not removed, And the golden bowl broken, And the pitcher broken by the fountain, And the wheel broken at the well.”
Ecclesiastes 12:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 12:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“— before the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be shattered at the fountain, or the wheel be broken at the cistern; ”
Ecclesiastes 12:6 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 12:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Whiles the siluer coarde is not lengthened, nor the golden ewer broken, nor the pitcher broken at the well, nor the wheele broken at the cisterne:”
Ecclesiastes 12:6 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 12:6 in Context — 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;
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.
7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
8 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 12:6 Mean?
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