Ecclesiastes 12:3

New English Translation

when those who keep watch over the house begin to tremble, and the virile men begin to stoop over, and the grinders begin to cease because they grow few, and those who look through the windows grow dim,

Cross References

Genesis 27:1

When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son!” “Here I am!” Esau replied.

Genesis 48:10

Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of his age; he was not able to see well. So Joseph brought his sons near to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.

Psalm 102:23

He has taken away my strength in the middle of life; he has cut short my days.

Psalm 35:14

I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother. I bowed down in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother.

Psalm 38:6

I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning.

Zechariah 8:4

Moreover, the Lord who rules over all says, ‘Old men and women will once more live in the plazas of Jerusalem, each one leaning on a cane because of advanced age.

1 Samuel 3:2

Eli’s eyes had begun to fail, so that he was unable to see well. At that time he was lying down in his place,