Ecclesiastes 12:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels— for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.”
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“when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels— for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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:”
King James Version · Public Domain“yea, they shall be afraid of that which is high, and terrors shall be in the way; and the almond-tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Also of that which is high they are afraid, And of the low places in the way, And the almond-tree is despised, And the grasshopper is become a burden, And want is increased, For man is going unto his home age-during, And the mourners have gone round through the street.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 12:5 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 42:38But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”
- Genesis 44:29Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’
- Genesis 44:31sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.
- Genesis 50:3taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
- Leviticus 19:32You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
- Job 15:10Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side— men much older than your father.
- Job 17:13If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
- Job 30:23Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
- Psalms 49:10For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
- Psalms 71:18Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
- Proverbs 16:31Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.
- Proverbs 20:29The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.
- Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
- Isaiah 46:4Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.
- Jeremiah 1:11And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
- Jeremiah 9:16I will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.”
- Jeremiah 9:17This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.
- Mark 5:38When they arrived at the house of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw the commotion and the people weeping and wailing loudly.
- Hebrews 9:27Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
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