Verse 5
Ecclesiastes 12:5
Darby Translation
5
they are also afraid of what is high, and terrors are in the way, and the almond is despised, and the grasshopper is a burden, and the caper-berry is without effect; (for man goeth to his age-long home, and the mourners go about the streets;)
Original Language Text
hebrew
גַּ֣ם מִ/גָּבֹ֤הַּ יִרָ֨אוּ֙ וְ/חַתְחַתִּ֣ים בַּ/דֶּ֔רֶךְ וְ/יָנֵ֤אץ הַ/שָּׁקֵד֙ וְ/יִסְתַּבֵּ֣ל הֶֽ/חָגָ֔ב וְ/תָפֵ֖ר הָֽ/אֲבִיּוֹנָ֑ה כִּֽי הֹלֵ֤ךְ הָ/אָדָם֙ אֶל בֵּ֣ית עוֹלָמ֔/וֹ וְ/סָבְב֥וּ בָ/שּׁ֖וּק הַ/סֹּפְדִֽים
English Translation
Even from high they will be afraid and tremble in the way, and the almond tree will blossom, and the grasshopper will drag itself along, and the caper will expire, for man goes to his eternal house, and the mourners go about in the street.
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