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Ecclesiastes 12 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Remember Your Creator in Your Youth

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Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days happen and the years draw near in which you will say, “I have no delight in them”;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - before the sun and the light, the moon and the stars are darkened, and clouds return after the rain;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:3 - in the day that the watchmen of the house tremble, and valiant men bend down, the grinding ones stand idle because they are few, and those who look through [fn]windows grow dark;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:4 - and the doors on the street are shut as the sound of the grinding mill is low, and one will arise at the sound of the bird, and all the daughters of song will [fn]sing softly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:5 - Furthermore, [fn]men are afraid of a high place and of terrors on the road; the almond tree blooms, the grasshopper drags itself along, and the caperberry is ineffective. For man goes to his eternal home, but the mourners go about in the street.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:6 - Remember Him before the silver [fn]cord is [fn]snapped and the golden bowl is crushed, the pitcher by the spring is broken and the wheel at the cistern is crushed;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:7 - then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the [fn]spirit will return to God who gave it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:8 - “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, “all is vanity!”

Fear God and Keep His Commandments

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In addition to being a wise man, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge; and he pondered, searched out, and [fn]arranged many proverbs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:10 - The Preacher sought to find delightful words and words of truth written uprightly.

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The words of wise men are like goads, and masters of these collections are like [fn]well-driven nails; they are given by one Shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:12 - But in addition to this, my son, be warned: the making of many books is endless, and much devotion to books is wearying to the flesh.

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The end of the matter, all that has been heard: fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the end of the matter for all mankind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:14 - For God will bring every work to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil.
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Or holes
Lit be brought low
Lit they
Or vanity
As in Gr; Heb removed
Or breath
Lit set straight
Lit planted
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