Yes, they shall be afraid of heights, And terrors will be in the way; And the almond tree shall blossom, And the grasshopper shall be a burden, And desire shall fail; Because man goes to his everlasting home, And the mourners go about the streets:
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6 Before the silver cord is severed, Or the golden bowl is broken, Or the pitcher is broken at the spring, Or the wheel broken at the cistern,
7 And the dust returns to the earth as it was, And the spirit returns to God who gave it.
1 Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, Before the evil days come, and the years draw near, When you will say, "I have no pleasure in them;"
2 Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, And the clouds return after the rain;
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 who look out of the windows are darkened,
4 And the doors shall be shut in the street; When the sound of the grinding is low, And one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, And all the daughters of music shall be brought low;
12 The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, Even all of the trees of the field are withered; For joy has withered away from the sons of men.
11 You will groan at your latter end, When your flesh and your body are consumed,
2 He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn't continue.
4 and the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as the first-ripe fig before the summer; which when he who looks on it sees, while it is yet in his hand he eats it up.
10 But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
11 As the waters fail from the sea, And the river wastes and dries up,
12 So man lies down and doesn't rise; Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.
14 to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature, neither set their top among the thick boughs, nor that their mighty ones stand up on their height, [even] all who drink water: for they are all delivered to death, to the lower parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with those who go down to the pit.
22 Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, And his life to the destroyers.
2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.
27 When calamity overtakes you like a storm, When your disaster comes on like a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come on you.
26 You shall come to your grave in a full age, Like a shock of grain comes in its season.
4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? for the wickedness of those who dwell therein, the animals are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end.
17 For though the fig tree doesn't flourish, Nor fruit be in the vines; The labor of the olive fails, The fields yield no food; The flocks are cut off from the fold, And there is no herd in the stalls:
11 For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.
12 While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, It withers before any other reed.
4 The earth mourns and fades away, the world languishes and fades away, the lofty people of the earth do languish.
8 Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; But let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him. All men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.
15 All flesh would perish together, And man would turn again to dust.
12 They shall strike on the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
20 All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.
15 The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.
16 This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?
12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.
6 In those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
16 Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol, Or descend together into the dust?"
26 They lie down alike in the dust, The worm covers them.
12 For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
15 As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.
17 The seeds rot under their clods. The granaries are laid desolate. The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.
4 Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.
30 For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, And as a garden that has no water.
17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
13 They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.
5 Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me.
12 But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish.
20 Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it.
13 For thus shall it be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.
9 The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is confounded and withers away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their leaves].
6 Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don't all go to one place?
21 Who long for death, but it doesn't come; Dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
10 I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.