Ecclesiastes 12:5 - Revised Standard Version

⁵ they are afraid also of what is high, and terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along and desire fails; because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Also when [the old] are afraid of danger from that which is high, and fears are in the way, and the almond tree [their white hair] blooms, and the grasshopper [a little thing] is a burden, and desire and appetite fail, because man goes to his everlasting home and the mourners go about the streets or marketplaces. [Job 17:13.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ yea, they shall be afraid of that which is high, and terrors shall be in the way; and the almond-tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:

Common English Bible

⁵ when people are afraid of things above and of terrors along the way; when the almond tree blanches, the locust droops, and the caper-berry comes to nothing; when the human goes to the eternal abode, with mourners all around in the street;

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Likewise, they will fear the things above them, and they will dread the way. The almond tree will flourish; the locust will be fattened; and the caper plant will scattered, because man shall go into the house of his eternity, and the mourners shall wander around in the street.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ And they shall fear high things, and they shall be afraid in the way, the almond tree shall flourish, the locust shall be made fat, and the caper tree shall be destroyed: because man shall go into the house of his eternity, and the mourners shall go round about in the street.

Ecclesiastes 12:5 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 42:38

But he said, “My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm should befall him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”

Genesis 44:29

If you take this one also from me, and harm befalls him, you will bring down my gray hairs in sorrow to Sheol.’

Genesis 44:31

when he sees that the lad is not with us, he will die; and your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.

Job 15:10

Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, older than your father.

Job 17:13

If I look for Sheol as my house, if I spread my couch in darkness,

Job 30:23

Yea, I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

Psalm 71:18

So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, till I proclaim thy might to all the generations to come. Thy power

Proverbs 16:31

A hoary head is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life.

Proverbs 20:29

The glory of young men is their strength, but the beauty of old men is their gray hair.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

Isaiah 46:4

even to your old age I am He, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.

Jeremiah 1:11

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see a rod of almond.”

Jeremiah 9:16

I will scatter them among the nations whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.”

Leviticus 19:32

“You shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

Hebrews 9:27

And just as it is appointed for men to die once, and after that comes judgment,