Ecclesiastes 12:3

New International Reader's Version

Remember your Creator before those who guard the house tremble with old age. That’s when strong men will be bent over. The women who grind grain will stop because there are so few of them left. Those who look through the windows won’t be able to see very well.

Cross References

Genesis 27:1

Isaac had become old. His eyes were so weak he couldn’t see anymore. One day he called for his older son Esau. He said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” he answered.

Genesis 48:10

Israel’s eyes were weak because he was old. He couldn’t see very well. So Joseph brought his sons close to him. His father kissed them and hugged them.

Psalm 102:23

When I was still young, he took away my strength. He wasn’t going to let me live much longer.

Psalm 35:14

So I went around crying as if I were mourning over my friend or relative. I bowed my head in sadness as if I were weeping over my mother.

Psalm 38:6

I am bent over. I’ve been brought very low. All day long I go around weeping.

Zechariah 8:4

He continued, “Once again old men and women will sit in the streets of Jerusalem. All of them will be using canes because they are old.

1 Samuel 3:2

One night Eli was lying down in his usual place. His eyes were becoming so weak he couldn’t see very well.