Ecclesiastes 12:3
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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,on the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see dimly,
In other translations
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,on the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see dimly,
Hebrew words
בַּיּוֹםbaiyomin the dayH3117שֶׁיָּזֻעוּsheiyazu'uwhen they will trembleH2111שֹׁמְרֵיshomerei[the] keepers ofH8104הַבַּיִתhabayitthe houseH1004וְהִתְעַוְּתוּvehit'avetuand they will bend themselvesH5791אַנְשֵׁי'anshei[the] people ofH582הֶחָיִלhechayil<the> strengthH2428וּבָטְלוּuvateluand they will ceaseH988הַטֹּחֲנוֹתhatochanotthe [female] grindersH2912כִּיkiforH3588מִעֵטוּmi'etuthey have become fewH4591וְחָשְׁכוּvechashekhuand they will grow dimH2821הָרֹאוֹתharo'otthe [women who] lookH7200בָּאֲרֻבּוֹת׃ba'arubotin the windowsH699
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