Ecclesiastes 12:3
“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,”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Ecclesiastes 12:3 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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,
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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 shall be darkened,
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
an dem Tage, da die Hüter des Hauses zittern, und sich krümmen die starken Männer, und die Müllerinnen feiern, weil ihrer wenig geworden, und sich verfinstern die durch die Fenster Sehenden,
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Cuando temblarán los guardas de la casa, y se encorvarán los hombres fuertes, y cesarán las muelas, porque han disminuído, y se oscurecerán los que miran por las ventanas;
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
No dia em que os guardas da casa tremerem, e os homens fortes se encurvarem; e cessarem os moedores, por terem diminuído, e se escurecerem os que olham pelas janelas;
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Chegará o tempo quando tremerá o guardião do palácio, e os homens fortes se curvarão, e as mulheres cessarão seus moedores, por serem poucos, e aqueles que olham para fora das janelas já não verão claramente.
📖 Ecclesiastes 12:3 in Context
1Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
2While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
3In 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,
4And 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;
5Also 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:
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