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Ecc 12:3 — 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 that look out of the windows be darkened,

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

strong		2Sa 21:15-17; Psa 90:9,10; Psa 102:23; Zec 8:4
and those		Ecc 12:2

Correlating Passages

strong

	2Sa 21:15	Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.
	2Sa 21:16	And Ishbibenob, which [was] of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear [weighed] three hundred [shekels] of brass in weight, he being girded with a new [sword], thought to have slain David.
	2Sa 21:17	But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
	Psa 90:9	For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale [that is told].
	Psa 90:10	The days of our years [are] threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength [they be] fourscore years, yet [is] their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
	Psa 102:23	He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
	Zec 8:4	Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

and those

Ecc 12:2

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:

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Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)

Scott, Thomas. "Ecclesiastes 12:3," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Ecc/12/3.html>.

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