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Ecclesiastes 12

Eccl. 12:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Also when they shall be afraid
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
of that which is high
gaboahh (Hebrew #1364)
from 1361; elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant
KJV usage: haughty, height, high(-er), lofty, proud, X exceeding proudly.
Pronounce: gaw-bo'-ah
Origin: or (fully) gabowahh {gaw-bo'-ah}
, and fears
chathchath (Hebrew #2849)
terror
KJV usage: fear.
Pronounce: khath-khath'
Origin: from 2844
shall be in the way
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
, and the almond tree
shaqed (Hebrew #8247)
the almond (tree or nut; as being the earliest in bloom)
KJV usage: almond (tree).
Pronounce: shaw-kade'
Origin: from 8245
shall flourish
na'ats (Hebrew #5006)
to scorn; or (Ecclesiastes 12:5) by interchange for 5132, to bloom
KJV usage: abhor, (give occasion to) blaspheme, contemn, despise, flourish, X great, provoke.
Pronounce: naw-ats'
Origin: a primitive root
, and the grasshopper
chagab (Hebrew #2284)
a locust
KJV usage: locust.
Pronounce: khaw-gawb'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
shall be a burden
cabal (Hebrew #5445)
to carry (literally or figuratively), or (reflexively) be burdensome; specifically, to be gravid
KJV usage: bear, be a burden, carry, strong to labour.
Pronounce: saw-bal'
Origin: a primitive root
, and desire
'abiyownah (Hebrew #35)
provocative of desire; the caper berry (from its stimulative taste)
KJV usage: desire.
Pronounce: ab-ee-yo-naw'
Origin: from 14
shall fail
parar (Hebrew #6565)
to break up (usually figuratively, i.e. to violate, frustrate
KJV usage: X any ways, break (asunder), cast off, cause to cease, X clean, defeat, disannul, disappoint, dissolve, divide, make of none effect, fail, frustrate, bring (come) to nought, X utterly, make void.
Pronounce: paw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
: because 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
goeth
halak (Hebrew #1980)
a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.
Pronounce: haw-lak'
Origin: akin to 3212
to his long
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
home
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
, and the mourners
caphad (Hebrew #5594)
properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail
KJV usage: lament, mourn(-er), wail.
Pronounce: saw-fad'
Origin: a primitive root
go about
cabab (Hebrew #5437)
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively (as follows)
KJV usage: bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, X whirl, X round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, X circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, X on every side, beset (close, come, compass, go, stand) round about, inclose, remove, return, set, sit down, turn (self) (about, aside, away, back).
Pronounce: saw-bab'
Origin: a primitive root
the streets
shuwq (Hebrew #7784)
a street (as run over)
KJV usage: street.
Pronounce: shook
Origin: from 7783
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Almond; Almond Tree,
Grasshopper

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the almond.
Gen. 42:38• 38But he said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left; and if mischief should befall him by the way in which ye go, then would ye bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to Sheol. (Gen. 42:38)
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Gen. 44:29,31• 29And if ye take this one also from me, and mischief should befall him, ye will bring down my grey hairs with misery to Sheol.
 31it will come to pass when he sees that the lad is not there, that he will die; and thy servants will bring down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol. (Gen. 44:29,31)
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Lev. 19:32• 32Before the hoary head thou shalt rise up, and shalt honour the face of an old man; and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah. (Lev. 19:32)
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Job 15:10• 10Both the greyheaded and the aged are with us, older than thy father. (Job 15:10)
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Psa. 71:18• 18Now also, when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not, until I have proclaimed thine arm unto this generation, thy might to every one that is to come. (Psa. 71:18)
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Prov. 16:31• 31The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness. (Prov. 16:31)
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Prov. 20:29• 29The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the grey head. (Prov. 20:29)
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Isa. 46:4• 4Even to old age, I am HE, and unto hoary hairs I will carry you: It is I that have made, and I will bear, and I will carry, and will deliver. (Isa. 46:4)
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Jer. 1:11• 11And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond-tree. (Jer. 1:11)
because.
Eccl. 9:10• 10Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest. (Eccl. 9:10)
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Job 17:13• 13If I wait, Sheol is my house; I spread my bed in the darkness: (Job 17:13)
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Job 30:23• 23For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and into the house of assemblage for all living. (Job 30:23)
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Psa. 49:10‑14• 10For he seeth that wise men die; all alike, the fool and the brutish perish, and they leave their wealth to others.
 11Their inward thought is, that their houses are for ever, their dwelling-places from generation to generation: they call the lands after their own names.
 12Nevertheless, man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
 13This their way is their folly, yet they that come after them delight in their sayings. Selah.
 14Like sheep are they laid in Sheol: Death feedeth on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their comeliness shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for them. (Psa. 49:10‑14)
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Heb. 9:27• 27And forasmuch as it is the portion of men once to die, and after this judgment; (Heb. 9:27)
the mourners.
Gen. 50:3‑10• 3And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
 4And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found favour in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
 5My father made me swear, saying, Behold, I die; in my grave which I have dug myself in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. And now, let me go up, I pray thee, that I may bury my father; and I will come again.
 6And Pharaoh said, Go up and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
 7And Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the bondmen of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
 8and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house; only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
 9And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen; and the camp was very great.
 10And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan; and there they lamented with a great and very grievous lamentation; and he made a mourning for his father of seven days. (Gen. 50:3‑10)
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Jer. 9:17‑20• 17Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come, and send for the skilful women, that they may come;
 18and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids pour forth waters.
 19For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled, sorely put to shame! For we have forsaken the land, for they have cast down our dwellings.
 20Hear then the word of Jehovah, ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and each one her companion lamentation. (Jer. 9:17‑20)
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Mark 5:38‑39• 38And he comes to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and sees the tumult, and people weeping and wailing greatly.
 39And entering in he says to them, Why do ye make a tumult and weep? the child has not died, but sleeps. (Mark 5:38‑39)
• Time’s sappers, too, are busily at work, although unseen, till the effect of their mining becomes evident in the alarm that is felt at the slightest need of exertion. The white head, too, tells its tale, and adds its testimony to the general decay. The least weight is as a heavy burden; nor can the failing appetite be again awakened. The man is going to his age-long home; for now those four seats of life are invaded and broken up―spinal-cord, brain, heart, and blood―till at length body and spirit part company, each going whence it came; -that, to its kindred dust; this, to the God who gave it. (“Ecclesiastes 12” by F.C. Jennings)

J. N. Darby Translation

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they are also afraid of what is high, and terrors are in the way, and the almond is despisedc, and the grasshopper is a burden, and the caper-berry is without effectd; (for man goeth to his age-long home, and the mourners go about the streets;)

JND Translation Notes

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c
Or "the almond-tree flourisheth," referring to white hairs.
d
Others, "bursteth." Or it may be rendered, "and desire hath failed."