Ecclesiastes 12:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

In the day when the keepers of the house are shaking for fear, and the strong men are bent down, and the women who were crushing the grain are at rest because their number is small, and those looking out of the windows are unable to see;

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  • Gen 27:1 : 1 Now when Isaac was old and his eyes had become clouded so that he was not able to see, he sent for Esau, his first son, and said to him, My son: and he said, Here am I.
  • Gen 48:10 : 10 Now because Israel was old, his eyes were no longer clear, and he was not able to see. So he made them come near to him, and he gave them a kiss, folding them in his arms.
  • 1 Sam 3:2 : 2 And at that time, when Eli was resting in his place, (now his eyes were becoming clouded so that he was not able to see,)
  • 2 Sam 21:15-17 : 15 And the Philistines went to war again with Israel; and David went down with his people, and while they were at Gob they had a fight with the Philistines: 16 And there came against David one of the offspring of the Rephaim, whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, and having a new sword, he made an attempt to put David to death. 17 But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, came to his help, and, turning on the Philistine, gave him his death-blow. Then David's men took an oath, and said, Never again are you to go out with us to the fight, so that you may not put out the light of Israel.
  • Ps 90:9-9 : 9 For all our days have gone by in your wrath; our years come to an end like a breath. 10 The measure of our life is seventy years; and if through strength it may be eighty years, its pride is only trouble and sorrow, for it comes to an end and we are quickly gone.
  • Ps 102:23 : 23 He has taken my strength from me in the way; he has made short my days.
  • Zech 8:4 : 4 This is what the Lord of armies has said: There will again be old men and old women seated in the open spaces of Jerusalem, every man with his stick in his hand because he is so old.

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  • Eccl 12:4-6
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    4 When the doors are shut in the street, and the sound of the crushing is low, and the voice of the bird is soft, and the daughters of music will be made low;

    5 And he is in fear of that which is high, and danger is in the road, and the tree is white with flower, and the least thing is a weight, and desire is at an end, because man goes to his last resting-place, and those who are sorrowing are in the streets;

    6 Before ever the silver cord is cut, or the vessel of gold is broken, or the pot is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the water-hole;

  • 2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not dark, and the clouds come not back after the rain;

  • 15 Get your plough-blades hammered into swords, and your vine-knives into spears: let the feeble say, I am strong.

  • Joel 2:9-10
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    9 They make a rush on the town, running on the wall; they go up into the houses and in through the windows like a thief.

    10 The earth is troubled before them and the heavens are shaking: the sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining:

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    24 But in those days, after that time of trouble, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light,

    25 And the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers which are in the heavens will be moved.

  • 10 For the stars of heaven and its bright armies will not give their light: the sun will be made dark in his journey through the heaven, and the moon will keep back her light.

  • 22 And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.

  • 30 And his voice will be loud over him in that day like the sounding of the sea: and if a man's eyes are turned to the earth, it is all dark and full of trouble; and the light is made dark by thick clouds.

  • 9 And it will come about in that day, says the Lord God, that I will make the sun go down in the middle of the day, and I will make the earth dark in daylight:

  • 29 But straight away, after the trouble of those days, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light and the stars will come down from heaven and the powers of heaven will be moved:

  • Job 24:16-17
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    72%

    16 In the dark he makes holes in the walls of houses: in the daytime they are shutting themselves up, they have no knowledge of the light.

    17 For the middle of the night is as morning to them, they are not troubled by the fear of the dark.

  • 25 They go feeling about in the dark without light, wandering without help like those overcome with wine.

  • 12 They are changing night into day; they say, The light is near the dark.

  • 9 Let its morning stars be dark; let it be looking for light, but may it not have any; let it not see the eyes of the dawn.

  • Zeph 1:14-15
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    14 The great day of the Lord is near, it is near and coming very quickly; the bitter day of the Lord is near, coming on more quickly than a man of war.

    15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and sorrow, a day of wasting and destruction, a day of dark night and deep shade, a day of cloud and thick dark.

  • 6 For this cause it will be night for you, without a vision; and it will be dark for you, without knowledge of the future; the sun will go down over the prophets, and the day will be black over them.

  • 13 In that day the fair virgins and the young men will be feeble from need of water.

  • Isa 24:11-13
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    11 There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; there is an end of all delight, the joy of the land is gone.

    12 In the town all is waste, and in the public place is destruction.

    13 For it will be in the heart of the earth among the peoples, like the shaking of an olive-tree, as the last of the grapes after the getting-in is done.

  • 18 And it will be that he who goes in flight from the sound of fear will be overtaken by death; and he who gets free from death will be taken in the net: for the windows on high are open, and the bases of the earth are shaking.

  • 6 And in that day there will be no heat or cold or ice;

  • 3 And the eyes of those who see will not be shut, and those who have hearing will give ear to the word.

  • Lam 5:13-14
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    13 The young men were crushing the grain, and the boys were falling under the wood.

    14 The old men are no longer seated in the doorway, and the music of the young men has come to an end.

  • 17 All hands will be feeble and all knees without strength, like water.

  • 10 Take silver, take gold; for there is no end to the store; take for yourselves a weight of things to be desired.

  • 18 And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.

  • 31 On that day, if anyone is on the roof of the house, and his goods are in the house, let him not go down to take them away; and let him who is in the field not go back to his house.

  • Hab 3:16-17
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    16 Hearing it, my inner parts were moved, and my lips were shaking at the sound; my bones became feeble, and my steps were uncertain under me: I gave sounds of grief in the day of trouble, when his forces came up against the people in bands.

    17 For though the fig-tree has no flowers, and there is no fruit on the vine, and work on the olive comes to nothing, and the fields give no food; and the flock is cut off from its resting-place, and there is no herd in the cattle-house:

  • 19 And men will go into cracks of the rocks, and into holes of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

  • 21 To take cover in the cracks of the rocks, and in the holes of the hills, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

  • Isa 13:7-8
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    7 For this cause all hands will be feeble, and every heart of man be turned to water;

    8 Their hearts will be full of fear; pains and sorrows will overcome them; they will be in pain like a woman in childbirth; they will be shocked at one another; their faces will be like flames.

  • 2 For a day of dark and deep shade is near, a day of cloud and black night: like a black cloud a great and strong people is covering the mountains; there has never been any like them and will not be after them again, from generation to generation.

  • 26 Men's strength will go from them in fear and in waiting for the things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of the heavens will be moved.

  • 20 Come, my people, into your secret places, and let your doors be shut: keep yourself safe for a short time, till his wrath is over.

  • 3 And I said to them, Do not let the doors of Jerusalem be open till the sun is high; and while the watchmen are in their places, let the doors be shut and locked: and let the people of Jerusalem be put on watch, every one in his watch, opposite his house.

  • 16 Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.

  • 10 In not much more than a year, you, who are not looking for evil, will be troubled: for the produce of the vine-gardens will be cut off, and there will be no getting in of the grapes.

  • 20 The sun will become dark and the moon will be turned to blood, before that great day of the Lord comes in glory:

  • 14 Our oxen are well weighted down; our cows give birth safely; there is no going out, and there is no cry of sorrow in our open places.