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Ecclesiastes 12:3 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 12 · verse 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,Ecclesiastes 12:3 · King James Version
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:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- grindersṭâchanto grind mealH2912 →
- keepersshâmarproperly, to hedge aboutH8104 →
- tremblezûwaʻproperly, to shake offH2111 →
- windowsʼărubbâha latticeH699 →
- strongchayilprobably a force, whether of men, means or other resourcesH2428 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
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Here is, I. A call to young people to think of God, and mind their duty to him, when they are young: Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth. This is, 1. The royal preacher's application of his sermon concerning the vanity of the world and every thing in it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7