Ecclesiastes 12:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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;

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 19:35 : 35 I am now eighty years old: good and bad are the same to me; have meat and drink any taste for me now? am I able to take pleasure in the voices of men or women in song? why then am I to be a trouble to my lord the king?
  • Jer 25:10 : 10 And more than this, I will take from them the sound of laughing voices, the voice of joy, the voice of the newly-married man, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the stones crushing the grain, and the shining of lights.
  • Rev 18:22 : 22 And the voice of players and makers of music will never again be sounding in you: and no worker, expert in art, will ever again be living in you; and there will be no sound of the crushing of grain any more at all in you;

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

    3In 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;

  • Eccl 12:5-6
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    5And 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;

    6Before 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;

  • Lam 5:13-15
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    13The young men were crushing the grain, and the boys were falling under the wood.

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

    15The joy of our hearts is ended; our dancing is changed into sorrow.

  • Isa 24:7-13
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    7The new wine is thin, the vine is feeble, and all the glad-hearted make sounds of grief.

    8The pleasing sound of all instruments of music has come to an end, and the voices of those who are glad.

    9There is no more drinking of wine with a song; strong drink will be bitter to those who take it.

    10The town is waste and broken down: every house is shut up, so that no man may come in.

    11There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; there is an end of all delight, the joy of the land is gone.

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

    13For 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.

  • Rev 18:22
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    22And the voice of players and makers of music will never again be sounding in you: and no worker, expert in art, will ever again be living in you; and there will be no sound of the crushing of grain any more at all in you;

  • Jer 25:10
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    10And more than this, I will take from them the sound of laughing voices, the voice of joy, the voice of the newly-married man, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the stones crushing the grain, and the shining of lights.

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    9Give ear to my voice, you women who are living in comfort; give attention to my words, you daughters who have no fear of danger.

    10In 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.

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    12And corded instruments and wind-instruments and wine are in their feasts: but they give no thought to the work of the Lord, and they are not interested in what his hands are doing.

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    34And in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, I will put an end to the laughing voices, the voice of joy and the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride: for the land will become a waste.

  • Matt 24:41
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    41Two women will be crushing grain; one is taken, and one let go.

  • Ezek 26:13
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    13I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your instruments of music will be gone for ever.

  • Lam 2:10
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    10The responsible men of the daughter of Zion are seated on the earth without a word; they have put dust on their heads, they are clothed in haircloth: the heads of the virgins of Jerusalem are bent down to the earth.

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    18And 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.

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    35Two women will be crushing grain together; one will be taken away and the other let go.

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    3Where the roads go into the town her cry goes out, at the doorways her voice is loud:

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    14Our 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.

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

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    10And in that day, says the Lord, there will be the sound of a cry from the fish doorway, and an outcry from the new town, and a great thundering from the hills, and cries of grief from the people of the Hollow;

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    12So man goes down to his last resting-place and comes not again: till the heavens come to an end, they will not be awake or come out of their sleep.

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    26And in the public places of her towns will be sorrow and weeping; and she will be seated on the earth, waste and uncovered.

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    31And my music has been turned to sorrow, and the sound of my pipe into the noise of weeping.

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    12They make songs to the instruments of music, and are glad at the sound of the pipe.

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    3And the songs of the king's house will be cries of pain in that day, says the Lord God: great will be the number of the dead bodies, and everywhere they will put them out without a word.

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    9For the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, See, before your eyes and in your days I will put an end in this place to the laughing voices and the voice of joy; to the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride.

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    10And all joy is gone; no longer are they glad for the fertile field; and in the vine-gardens there are no songs or sounds of joy: the crushing of grapes has come to an end, and its glad cry has been stopped.

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    63Take note of them when they are seated, and when they get up; I am their song.

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    4How long will the land have grief, and the plants of all the land be dry? because of the sins of the people living in it, destruction has overtaken the beasts and the birds; because they said, God does not see our ways.

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    20But even now, give ear to the word of the Lord, O you women; let your ears be open to the word of his mouth, training your daughters to give cries of sorrow, everyone teaching her neighbour a song of grief.

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    11Between the lines of olive-trees they make oil; though they have no drink, they are crushing out the grapes.

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