Ecclesiastes 12:3

New American Bible - revised edition

When the guardians of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent; When the women who grind are idle because they are few, and those who look through the windows grow blind;

Cross References

Genesis 27:1

When Isaac was so old that his eyesight had failed him, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son!” “Here I am!” he replied.

Genesis 48:10

Now Israel’s eyes were dim from age; he could not see well. When Joseph brought his sons close to him, he kissed and embraced them.

Psalm 102:23

When peoples and kingdoms gather to serve the Lord.

Psalm 35:14

I went about in grief as for my brother, bent in mourning as for my mother.

Psalm 38:6

Foul and festering are my sores because of my folly.

Zechariah 8:4

Thus says the Lord of hosts: Old men and old women will again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of old age.

1 Samuel 3:2

One day Eli was asleep in his usual place. His eyes had lately grown so weak that he could not see.