Ecclesiastes 12:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

In the day when the keepers of the house [the hands and the arms] tremble, and the strong men [the feet and the knees] bow themselves, and the grinders [the molar teeth] cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows [the eyes] are darkened;

American Standard Version (1901)

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 shall be darkened,

Common English Bible

on the day when the housekeepers tremble and the strong men stoop; when the women who grind stop working because they’re so few, and those who look through the windows grow dim;

Catholic Public Domain Version

when the guardians of the house will tremble, and the strongest men will waver, and those who grind grain will be idle, except for a small number, and those who look through the keyholes will be darkened.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

When the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall stagger, and the grinders shall be idle in a small number, and they that look through the holes shall be darkened:

Ecclesiastes 12:3 Cross References

Genesis 27:1

And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Here am I.

Genesis 48:10

Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

Psalm 102:23

He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days.

Psalm 35:14

I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

Psalm 38:6

I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

Zechariah 8:4

Thus saith the LORD of hosts: There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

1 Samuel 3:2

And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, (now his eyes had begun to wax dim, that he could not see,)