Ecc 12 | ABEn | STEP | And remember the one creating you in the days of your youth! while [ 4 should not 5 come 1 the 2 days 3 of evil], nor [ 2 should arrive 1 years], in which you shall then say, There is not in me [ 2 for 3 them 1 a want].

Ecclesiastes 12

CHAPTER 12 The End of the Whole Matter

1 And remember the one creating you in the days of your youth! while [⁴should not ⁵come ¹the ²days ³of evil], nor [²should arrive ¹years], in which you shall then say, There is not in me [²for ³them ¹a want]. 2 While [⁶are not darkened ¹the ²sun ³and ⁴the ⁵light], nor the moon and the stars; nor [³return ¹the ²clouds] after the rain; 3 in a day in which ever [⁴should be shaken ¹the keepers ²of the ³house], and [³should be turned aside ¹men ²of power], and [³are idle ¹the ²grinding women] because they are made few, and [⁶shall darken ¹the ²women looking ³out of ⁴the ⁵openings]; 4 and they shall lock the doors in the market in weakness of the sound of the woman grinding, and one shall rise up to the sound of the sparrow, and [⁵shall be humbled ¹all ²the ³daughters ⁴of song]; 5 and indeed from the height they shall see, even stupefactions in the way; and [³shall bloom ¹the ²almond], and [³shall thicken ¹the ²locust], and [³shall be dispersed ¹the ²caper]; because [²went ¹man] to [²house ¹his eternal]; and [³circled ⁴in ⁵the market ¹the ones ²beating their chests in mourning]; 6 until whenever should be prostrated the line of silver; and [⁴should be broken ¹the ²flower ornament ³of gold], and [³should be broken ¹the ²water-pitcher] at the spring, and [³should have rolled ¹the ²wheel] unto the pit; 7 then [³shall return ¹the ²dust] upon the earth as it was; and the spirit should return to the God who gave it. 8 Folly of follies, said the ecclesiastic, all things are folly. 9 And it was extra that [²became ¹the ecclesiastic] wise, and he taught knowledge with man, and which he shall trace composed parables. 10 [³much ²sought ¹The ecclesiastic] to find [²of words ¹a wanting], and writing of uprightness of words of truth. 11 The words of the wise are as the oxgoads, and as nails firmly planted; ones which by agreement were given from [²shepherd ¹one]. 12 And [³extra ⁴by ⁵them ¹O my son ²guard]! To make [²scrolls ¹many] there is no limit; and [²meditation ¹much] is weariness of flesh. 13 The end of the whole matter, hear! Fear God, and [²his commandments ¹keep]! for this is all man! 14 For every action God shall lead into judgment, with all being looked over, if good and if evil.