Ecclesiastes 12:3 - Modern English Version

³ in the day when those watching the house tremble, and the strong men are bent over, and the grinding teeth cease because they are few, and those looking through the windows have dimmed eyes;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ In the day when the keepers of the house [the hands and the arms] tremble, and the strong men [the feet and the knees] bow themselves, and the grinders [the molar teeth] cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows [the eyes] are darkened;

American Standard Version (1901)

³ in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows shall be darkened,

Common English Bible

³ on the day when the housekeepers tremble and the strong men stoop; when the women who grind stop working because they’re so few, and those who look through the windows grow dim;

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ when the guardians of the house will tremble, and the strongest men will waver, and those who grind grain will be idle, except for a small number, and those who look through the keyholes will be darkened.

Ecclesiastes 12:3 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 27:1

When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could not see, he called Esau his oldest son and said to him, “My son.” And he answered him, “Here I am.”

Genesis 48:10

Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. So Joseph brought them near to him, and he kissed them and embraced them.

Psalm 102:23

He has weakened my strength in midcourse; He has shortened my days.

Psalm 35:14

I paced about as though he were my friend or brother; I bowed down lamenting, as one who mourns for his mother.

Psalm 38:6

I am bent down, I am bowed down greatly; I go around mourning all day long.

Zechariah 8:4

Thus says the Lord of Hosts: Older men and women will again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each having a staff in his hand because of advanced age.

1 Samuel 3:2

At that time, Eli was lying down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow weak that he could not see),