Ecclesiastes 12:3

New Living Translation

Remember him before your legs—the guards of your house—start to tremble; and before your shoulders—the strong men—stoop. Remember him before your teeth—your few remaining servants—stop grinding; and before your eyes—the women looking through the windows—see dimly.

Cross References

Genesis 27:1

One day when Isaac was old and turning blind, he called for Esau, his older son, and said, “My son.” “Yes, Father?” Esau replied.

Genesis 48:10

Jacob was half blind because of his age and could hardly see. So Joseph brought the boys close to him, and Jacob kissed and embraced them.

Psalm 102:23

He broke my strength in midlife, cutting short my days.

Psalm 35:14

I was sad, as though they were my friends or family, as if I were grieving for my own mother.

Psalm 38:6

I am bent over and racked with pain. All day long I walk around filled with grief.

Zechariah 8:4

“This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Once again old men and women will walk Jerusalem’s streets with their canes and will sit together in the city squares.

1 Samuel 3:2

One night Eli, who was almost blind by now, had gone to bed.