Verse 3
Ecclesiastes 12:3
Darby Translation
3
in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows are darkened,
Original Language Text
hebrew
בַּ/יּ֗וֹם שֶׁ/יָּזֻ֨עוּ֙ שֹׁמְרֵ֣י הַ/בַּ֔יִת וְ/הִֽתְעַוְּת֖וּ אַנְשֵׁ֣י הֶ/חָ֑יִל וּ/בָטְל֤וּ הַ/טֹּֽחֲנוֹת֙ כִּ֣י מִעֵ֔טוּ וְ/חָשְׁכ֥וּ הָ/רֹא֖וֹת בָּ/אֲרֻבּֽוֹת
English Translation
On the day that the guards of the house trembled and the strong men bent down and the grinders ceased because they were few and those who looked through the windows were darkened.
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