21_ECC_12_01 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
21_ECC_12_02 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
21_ECC_12_03 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,
21_ECC_12_04 And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;
21_ECC_12_05 Also [when] they shall be afraid of [that which is] high, and fears [shall be] in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
21_ECC_12_06 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
21_ECC_12_07 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
21_ECC_12_08 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all [is] vanity.
21_ECC_12_09 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs.
21_ECC_12_10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and [that which was] written [was] upright, [even] words of truth.
21_ECC_12_11 The words of the wise [are] as goads, and as nails fastened [by] the masters of assemblies, [which] are given from one shepherd.
21_ECC_12_12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books [there is] no end; and much study [is] a weariness of the flesh.
21_ECC_12_13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this [is] the whole [duty] of man.
21_ECC_12_14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil.