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Ecclesiastes 12

Eccl. 12:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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ηLet us hear
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
the conclusion
cowph (Hebrew #5490)
a termination
KJV usage: conclusion, end, hinder participle
Pronounce: sofe
Origin: from 5486
of the whole matter
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
: Fear
yare' (Hebrew #3372)
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), X see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: a primitive root
a God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
, and keep
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
his commandments
mitsvah (Hebrew #4687)
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
KJV usage: (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
Pronounce: mits-vaw'
Origin: from 6680
: for this is the whole duty of man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
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or, The end of the matter, even all that hath been heard, is.
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Deut. 10:12• 12{i}And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,{/i} (Deut. 10:12)

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Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter.
or, The endof the matter, even all that hath been heard is.
Fear.
Eccl. 5:7• 7For in the multitude of dreams and many words{HR}[Are] also vanities: but fear thou God. (Eccl. 5:7)
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Eccl. 8:12• 12Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his days,{HR}Yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, (Eccl. 8:12)
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Gen. 22:12• 12And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me. (Gen. 22:12)
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Deut. 6:2• 2{i}that thou mayest fear Jehovah thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.{/i} (Deut. 6:2)
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Deut. 10:12• 12{i}And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,{/i} (Deut. 10:12)
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Psa. 111:10• 10Fear of Jehovah [is] the beginning of wisdom;{HR}Good understanding [belongs] to all doing them ;{HR}His praise standeth forever. (Psa. 111:10)
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Psa. 112:1• 1Praise ye Jah.{HR}Blessed [is] the man fearing Jehovah,{HR}In his commandments delighting greatly. (Psa. 112:1)
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Psa. 145:19• 19The pleasure of those that fear him he will do;{HR}And their cry he will hear and save them. (Psa. 145:19)
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Psa. 147:11• 11Jehovah taketh pleasure in those fearing him,{HR}In those hoping in his mercy. (Psa. 147:11)
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Prov. 1:7• 7The fear of Jehovah (is) the beginning of knowledge:{HR}Fools despise wisdom and instruction. (Prov. 1:7)
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Prov. 23:17• 17Let not thy heart envy sinners;{HR}But [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day; (Prov. 23:17)
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1 Peter 2:17• 17Honour all, love the brotherhood, fear God, honour the king. (1 Peter 2:17)
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Rev. 19:5• 5And a voice came forth out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, the little and the great. (Rev. 19:5)
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Eccl. 2:3• 3I searched in mine heart how to cheer my flesh with wine,{HR}Mine heart yet guiding me with wisdom,{HR}And how to lay hold on folly,{HR}Till I might see what [it was] good for the sons of men{HR}That they should do under the heaven all the days of their life. (Eccl. 2:3)
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Eccl. 6:12• 12For who knoweth what is good for man in life,{HR}All the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow?{HR}For who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? (Eccl. 6:12)
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Job 28:28• 28And unto man he said,{HR}Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom,{HR}And to depart from evil understanding. (Job 28:28)
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Psa. 115:13‑15• 13He will bless them that fear Jehovah,{HR}The small with the great.
 14Jehovah will add upon you,{HR}Upon you and upon your sons.
 15Blessed [are] ye of Jehovah,{HR}Maker of the heavens and the earth. (Psa. 115:13‑15)
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Prov. 19:23• 23The fear of Jehovah [tendeth] to life;{HR}And he shall abide satisfied;{HR}He shall not be visited with evil. (Prov. 19:23)
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Luke 1:50• 50and his mercy is to generations and generations to them that fear him. (Luke 1:50)
• {v.13-14} Here is absolutely the highest counsel of true human wisdom―the climax of her reasonings―the high-water-mark of her attainments―the limit to which she can lead us. (“Ecclesiastes 12” by F.C. Jennings)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Let us hear the end of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole of man.

W. Kelly Translation

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[This is] the end of the matter;{HR}All hath been heard:{HR}Fear God, and keep His commandments;{HR}For this [is] the whole [duty] of man.