Ecclesiastes 12:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You will be afraid to climb up a hill or walk down a road. Your hair will turn as white as almond blossoms. You will feel lifeless and drag along like an old grasshopper. We each go to our eternal home, and the streets are filled with those who mourn.

Cross References

Genesis 42:38

But Jacob said, “I won't let my son Benjamin go down to Egypt with the rest of you. His brother is already dead, and he is the only son I have left. I am an old man, and if anything happens to him on the way, I'll die from sorrow, and all of you will be to blame.”

Genesis 44:29

and he said, “I am an old man. If you take Benjamin from me, and something happens to him, I will die of a broken heart.”

Genesis 44:31

that he will die if Benjamin doesn't come back with me.

Job 15:10

We have the benefit of wisdom older than your father.

Job 17:13

I could tell the world below to prepare me a bed.

Job 30:23

Soon he will send me home to the world of the dead, where we all must go.

Psalm 71:18

Don't leave me when I am old and my hair turns grey. Let me tell future generations about your mighty power.

Proverbs 16:31

Grey hair is a glorious crown worn by those who have lived right.

Proverbs 20:29

Young people take pride in their strength, but the grey hairs of wisdom are even more beautiful.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Work hard at whatever you do. You will soon go to the world of the dead, where no one works or thinks or reasons or knows anything.

Isaiah 46:4

I will still be the same when you are old and grey, and I will take care of you. I created you. I will carry you and always keep you safe.

Jeremiah 1:11

The LORD showed me something in a vision. Then he asked, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I answered, “A branch of almonds that ripen early.”

Jeremiah 9:16

I'll scatter them in foreign countries that they and their ancestors have never even heard of. Finally, I will send enemy soldiers to kill every last one of them.

Leviticus 19:32

I command you to show respect for older people and to obey me with fear and trembling.

Hebrews 9:27

We die only once, and then we are judged.