Ecclesiastes 12:4

Geneva Bible (1560)

And the doores shall be shut without by the base sound of the grinding, and he shall rise vp at the voice of the birde: and all the daughters of singing shall be abased.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 19:35 : 35 I am this day fourescore yeere olde: and can I discerne betweene good or euill? Hath thy seruant any taste in that I eat or in that I drinke? Can I heare any more the voyce of singing men and women? Wherefore then should thy seruant be anymore a burthen vnto my lord the king?
  • Jer 25:10 : 10 Moreouer I will take from them the voyce of mirth and the voyce of gladnesse, the voyce of the bridegrome and the voyce of the bride, the noise of the milstones, and the light of the candle.
  • Rev 18:22 : 22 And the voyce of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpetters shalbe heard no more in thee, and no craftesman, of whatsoeuer craft he be, shall be found any more in thee: and the sound of a milstone shalbe heard no more in thee.

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    2 Whiles the sunne is not darke, nor ye light, nor the moone, nor the starres, nor the cloudes returne after the raine:

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  • Eccl 12:5-6
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    5 Also they shalbe afraide of the hie thing, and feare shalbe in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grassehopper shall be a burden, and concupiscence shall be driuen away: for man goeth to the house of his age, and the mourners goe about in the streete.

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  • Lam 5:13-15
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    13 They tooke the yong men to grinde, and the children fell vnder the wood.

    14 The Elders haue ceased from the gate and the yong men from their songs.

    15 The ioy of our heart is gone, our daunce is turned into mourning.

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    7 The wine faileth, the vine hath no might: all that were of merie heart, doe mourne.

    8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth: the noyse of them that reioyce, endeth: the ioye of the harpe ceaseth.

    9 They shall not drinke wine with mirth: strong drinke shall be bitter to them that drinke it.

    10 The citie of vanitie is broken downe: euery house is shut vp, that no man may come in.

    11 There is a crying for wine in the streetes: al ioy is darkened: the mirth of the world is gone away.

    12 In the citie is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.

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    22 And the voyce of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpetters shalbe heard no more in thee, and no craftesman, of whatsoeuer craft he be, shall be found any more in thee: and the sound of a milstone shalbe heard no more in thee.

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    10 Moreouer I will take from them the voyce of mirth and the voyce of gladnesse, the voyce of the bridegrome and the voyce of the bride, the noise of the milstones, and the light of the candle.

  • Isa 32:9-10
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    9 Rise vp, ye women that are at ease: heare my voyce, ye carelesse daughters: hearken to my wordes.

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    12 And the harpe and viole, timbrel, and pipe, and wine are in their feastes: but they regard not the worke of the Lorde, neither consider the worke of his handes.

  • Jer 7:34
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    34 Then I will cause to cease from the cities of Iudah and from the streetes of Ierusalem the voice of mirth & the voice of gladnesse, the voice of the bridegrom & the voice of the bride: for the lande shalbe desolate.

  • Matt 24:41
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    41 Two women shalbe grinding at ye mill: the one shalbe receiued, and the other shalbe refused.

  • Ezek 26:13
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    13 Thus will I cause the sounde of thy songs to cease, and the sound of thine harpes shall be no more heard.

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    3 She cryeth besides the gates before the citie at the entrie of the doores,

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    14 That our oxen may be strong to labour: that there be none inuasion, nor going out, nor no crying in our streetes.

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    20 Come, my people: enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doores after thee: hide thy selfe for a very litle while, vntill the indignation passe ouer.

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    12 So man sleepeth and riseth not: for hee shall not wake againe, nor be raised from his sleepe till the heauen be no more.

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