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Ecclesiastes 12:6 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 12 · verse 6
Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.Ecclesiastes 12:6 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 12:6 in context
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:
6Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
8Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- pitcherkadproperly, a pailH3537 →
- silverkeçephsilverH3701 →
- loosedrâthaqto fastenH7576 →
- loosedrâchaqto widenH7368 →
- goldenzâhâbgold, figuratively, something gold-colored , as oil, a clear skyH2091 →
- brokenrâtsatsto crack in pieces, literally or figurativelyH7533 →
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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