Verse 5

Also when they shall be afraid{H3372}{(H8799)} of that which is high{H1364}, and fears{H2849} shall be in the way{H1870}, and the almond tree{H8247} shall flourish{H5006}{(H8686)}, and the grasshopper{H2284} shall be a burden{H5445}{(H8691)}, and desire{H35} shall fail{H6565}{(H8686)}: because man{H120} goeth{H1980}{(H8802)} to his long{H5769} home{H1004}, and the mourners{H5594}{(H8802)} go about{H5437}{(H8804)} the streets{H7784}:

Referenced Verses

  • Job 17:13 : 13 If I wait{H6960}{(H8762)}, the grave{H7585} is mine house{H1004}: I have made{H7502}{(H8765)} my bed{H3326} in the darkness{H2822}.
  • Job 30:23 : 23 For I know{H3045}{(H8804)} that thou wilt bring{H7725}{(H8686)} me to death{H4194}, and to the house{H1004} appointed{H4150} for all living{H2416}.
  • Prov 16:31 : 31 The hoary head{H7872} is a crown{H5850} of glory{H8597}, if it be found{H4672}{(H8735)} in the way{H1870} of righteousness{H6666}.
  • Jer 9:17-20 : 17 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, Consider{H995}{(H8708)} ye, and call{H7121}{(H8798)} for the mourning women{H6969}{(H8789)}, that they may come{H935}{(H8799)}; and send{H7971}{(H8798)} for cunning{H2450} women, that they may come{H935}{(H8799)}: 18 And let them make haste{H4116}{(H8762)}, and take up{H5375}{(H8799)} a wailing{H5092} for us, that our eyes{H5869} may run down{H3381}{(H8799)} with tears{H1832}, and our eyelids{H6079} gush out{H5140}{(H8799)} with waters{H4325}. 19 For a voice{H6963} of wailing{H5092} is heard{H8085}{(H8738)} out of Zion{H6726}, How are we spoiled{H7703}{(H8795)}! we are greatly{H3966} confounded{H954}{(H8804)}, because we have forsaken{H5800}{(H8804)} the land{H776}, because our dwellings{H4908} have cast us out{H7993}{(H8689)}. 20 Yet hear{H8085}{(H8798)} the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}, O ye women{H802}, and let your ear{H241} receive{H3947}{(H8799)} the word{H1697} of his mouth{H6310}, and teach{H3925}{(H8761)} your daughters{H1323} wailing{H5092}, and every one{H802} her neighbour{H7468} lamentation{H7015}.
  • Mark 5:38-39 : 38 And{G2532} he cometh{G2064}{(G5736)} to{G1519} the house{G3624} of the ruler of the synagogue{G752}, and{G2532} seeth{G2334}{(G5719)} the tumult{G2351}, and them that wept{G2799}{(G5723)} and{G2532} wailed{G214}{(G5723)} greatly{G4183}. 39 And{G2532} when he was come in{G1525}{(G5631)}, he saith{G3004}{(G5719)} unto them{G846}, Why{G5101} make ye this ado{G2350}{(G5743)}, and{G2532} weep{G2799}{(G5719)}? the damsel{G3813} is{G599} not{G3756} dead{G599}{(G5627)}, but{G235} sleepeth{G2518}{(G5719)}.
  • Heb 9:27 : 27 And{G2532} as{G2596}{G3745} it is appointed{G606}{(G5736)} unto men{G444} once{G530} to die{G599}{(G5629)}, but{G1161} after{G3326} this{G5124} the judgment{G2920}:
  • Prov 20:29 : 29 The glory{H8597} of young men{H970} is their strength{H3581}: and the beauty{H1926} of old men{H2205} is the gray head{H7872}.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatsoever thy hand{H3027} findeth{H4672}{(H8799)} to do{H6213}{(H8800)}, do{H6213}{(H8798)} it with thy might{H3581}; for there is no work{H4639}, nor device{H2808}, nor knowledge{H1847}, nor wisdom{H2451}, in the grave{H7585}, whither thou goest{H1980}{(H8802)}.
  • Isa 46:4 : 4 And even to your old age{H2209} I am he; and even to hoar hairs{H7872} will I carry{H5445}{(H8799)} you: I have made{H6213}{(H8804)}, and I will bear{H5375}{(H8799)}; even I will carry{H5445}{(H8799)}, and will deliver{H4422}{(H8762)} you.
  • Jer 1:11 : 11 Moreover the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} came unto me, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Jeremiah{H3414}, what seest{H7200}{(H8802)} thou? And I said{H559}{(H8799)}, I see{H7200}{(H8802)} a rod{H4731} of an almond tree{H8247}.
  • Ps 49:10-14 : 10 For he seeth{H7200}{H8799)} that wise men{H2450} die{H4191}{H8799)}, likewise{H3162} the fool{H3684} and the brutish person{H1198} perish{H6}{H8799)}, and leave{H5800}{H8804)} their wealth{H2428} to others{H312}. 11 Their inward{H7130} thought is, that their houses{H1004} shall continue for ever{H5769}, and their dwelling{H4908} places to all{H1755} generations{H1755}; they call{H7121}{H8804)} their lands{H127} after their own names{H8034}. 12 Nevertheless man{H120} being in honour{H3366} abideth{H3885}{H8799)} not: he is like{H4911}{H8738)} the beasts{H929} that perish{H1820}{H8738)}. 13 This their way{H1870} is their folly{H3689}: yet their posterity{H310} approve{H7521}{H8799)} their sayings{H6310}. Selah{H5542}. 14 Like sheep{H6629} they are laid{H8371}{H8804)} in the grave{H7585}; death{H4194} shall feed{H7462}{H8799)} on them; and the upright{H3477} shall have dominion{H7287}{H8799)} over them in the morning{H1242}; and their beauty{H6697}{H8675)}{H6736} shall consume{H1086}{H8763)} in the grave{H7585} from their dwelling{H2073}.
  • Ps 71:18 : 18 Now also when{H5704} I am old{H2209} and grayheaded{H7872}, O God{H430}, forsake{H5800}{H8799)} me not; until I have shewed{H5046}{H8686)} thy strength{H2220} unto this generation{H1755}, and thy power{H1369} to every one that is to come{H935}{H8799)}.
  • Gen 42:38 : 38 And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, My son{H1121} shall not go down{H3381}{(H8799)} with you; for his brother{H251} is dead{H4191}{(H8804)}, and he is left{H7604}{(H8738)} alone: if mischief{H611} befall{H7122}{(H8804)} him by the way{H1870} in the which ye go{H3212}{(H8799)}, then shall ye bring down{H3381}{(H8689)} my gray hairs{H7872} with sorrow{H3015} to the grave{H7585}.
  • Gen 44:29 : 29 And if ye take{H3947}{(H8804)} this also from{H5973} me{H6440}, and mischief{H611} befall him{H7136}{(H8804)}, ye shall bring down{H3381}{(H8689)} my gray hairs{H7872} with sorrow{H7451} to the grave{H7585}.
  • Gen 44:31 : 31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth{H7200}{(H8800)} that the lad{H5288} is not with us, that he will die{H4191}{(H8804)}: and thy servants{H5650} shall bring down{H3381}{(H8689)} the gray hairs{H7872} of thy servant{H5650} our father{H1} with sorrow{H3015} to the grave{H7585}.
  • Gen 50:3-9 : 3 And forty{H705} days{H3117} were fulfilled{H4390}{(H8799)} for him; for so are fulfilled{H4390}{(H8799)} the days{H3117} of those which are embalmed{H2590}{(H8803)}: and the Egyptians{H4714} mourned{H1058}{(H8799)} for him threescore and ten{H7657} days{H3117}. 4 And when the days{H3117} of his mourning{H1068} were past{H5674}{(H8799)}, Joseph{H3130} spake{H1696}{(H8762)} unto the house{H1004} of Pharaoh{H6547}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, If now I have found{H4672}{(H8804)} grace{H2580} in your eyes{H5869}, speak{H1696}{(H8761)}, I pray you, in the ears{H241} of Pharaoh{H6547}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, 5 My father{H1} made me swear{H7650}{(H8689)}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Lo{H2009}, I die{H4191}{(H8801)}: in my grave{H6913} which I have digged{H3738}{(H8804)} for me in the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667}, there shalt thou bury me{H6912}{(H8799)}. Now therefore let me go up{H5927}{(H8799)}, I pray thee, and bury{H6912}{(H8799)} my father{H1}, and I will come again{H7725}{(H8799)}. 6 And Pharaoh{H6547} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Go up{H5927}{(H8798)}, and bury{H6912}{(H8798)} thy father{H1}, according as he made thee swear{H7650}{(H8689)}. 7 And Joseph{H3130} went up{H5927}{(H8799)} to bury{H6912}{(H8800)} his father{H1}: and with him went up{H5927}{(H8799)} all the servants{H5650} of Pharaoh{H6547}, the elders{H2205} of his house{H1004}, and all the elders{H2205} of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, 8 And all the house{H1004} of Joseph{H3130}, and his brethren{H251}, and his father's{H1} house{H1004}: only their little ones{H2945}, and their flocks{H6629}, and their herds{H1241}, they left{H5800}{(H8804)} in the land{H776} of Goshen{H1657}. 9 And there went up{H5927}{(H8799)} with him both chariots{H7393} and horsemen{H6571}: and it was a very{H3966} great{H3515} company{H4264}. 10 And they came{H935}{(H8799)} to the threshingfloor{H1637} of Atad{H329}, which is beyond{H5676} Jordan{H3383}, and there they mourned{H5594}{(H8799)} with a great{H1419} and very{H3966} sore{H3515} lamentation{H4553}: and he made{H6213}{(H8799)} a mourning{H60} for his father{H1} seven{H7651} days{H3117}.
  • Lev 19:32 : 32 Thou shalt rise up{H6965}{(H8799)} before{H6440} the hoary head{H7872}, and honour{H1921}{(H8804)} the face{H6440} of the old man{H2205}, and fear{H3372}{(H8804)} thy God{H430}: I am the LORD{H3068}.
  • Job 15:10 : 10 With us are both the grayheaded{H7867}{(H8802)} and very aged{H3453} men, much{H3524} elder{H3117} than thy father{H1}.