EC-12:1  Remember 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;

EC-12:2  While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars,

be not

darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:

EC-12:3  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,

EC-12:4  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 music shall be brought low;

EC-12:5  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:

EC-12:6  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.

EC-12:7  Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and

the spirit

shall return unto God who gave it.

EC-12:8  Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all [is] vanity.

EC-12:9  And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still

taught the

people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, [and]

set in order

many proverbs.

EC-12:10  The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and

[that which

was] written [was] upright, [even] words of truth.

EC-12:11  The words of the wise [are] as goads, and as nails

fastened [by] the

masters of assemblies, [which] are given from one shepherd.

EC-12:12  And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of

making many books

[there is] no end; and much study [is] a weariness of the flesh.

EC-12:13  Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear

God, and keep

his commandments: for this [is] the whole [duty] of man.

EC-12:14  For God shall bring every work into judgment, with

every secret

thing, whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil.

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