Ecclesiastes 12:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The noisy grinding of grain will be shut out by your deaf ears, but even the song of a bird will keep you awake.

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:35

I'm already eighty years old, and my body is almost numb. I can't taste my food or hear the sound of singing, and I would be nothing but a burden.

Job 41:14

Who would try to open its jaws, full of fearsome teeth?

Isaiah 47:2

Start grinding grain! Take off your veil. Strip off your fine clothes and cross over rivers.

Jeremiah 25:10

I will put an end to your parties and wedding celebrations; no one will grind grain or be here to light the lamps at night.

Revelation 18:22

The music of harps and singers and of flutes and trumpets will no longer be heard. No workers will ever set up shop in that city, and the sound of grinding grain will be silenced for ever.