Ecclesiastes 12:4
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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;when the doors to the street are shut and the sound of the mill fades away, when one rises at the sound of a bird and all the daughters of song grow faint,
In other translations
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;when the doors to the street are shut and the sound of the mill fades away, when one rises at the sound of a bird and all the daughters of song grow faint,
Hebrew words
וְסֻגְּרוּvesugeruand they will be shut upH5462דְלָתַיִםdelatayim[the] doorsH1817בַּשּׁוּקbashukon the streetH7784בִּשְׁפַלbishfalwhen becomes lowH8213קוֹלkol[the] sound ofH6963הַטַּחֲנָהhatachanahthe grinding millH2913וְיָקוּםveyakumfor someone may ariseH6965לְקוֹלlekolto [the] sound ofH6963הַצִּפּוֹרhatzipor<the> birdH6833וְיִשַּׁחוּveyishachuand they may be reducedH7817כָּל־kol-allH3605בְּנוֹתbenot[the] daughters ofH1323הַשִּׁיר׃hashir<the> songH7892
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Related verses
- Jeremiah 25:10Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
- 2 Samuel 19:35I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
- Revelation 18:22And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again.
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