Book 33 : KETUVIM - MEGILOT - ECCLESIASTES - Chapter 012
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Remember then thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before
the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say: 'I have no
pleasure in them'
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Before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars,
are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain
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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 shall be darkened in the windows
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And the doors shall be shut in the street, when the sound
of the grinding is low; and one shall start up at the voice of a bird, and all
the daughters of music shall be brought low
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Also when 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 drag itself along, and the caperberry shall fail; because man
goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets
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Before the silver cord is snapped asunder, and the golden
bowl is shattered, and the pitcher is broken at the fountain, and the wheel
falleth shattered, into the pit
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And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the
spirit returneth unto G-d who gave it
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Vanity of vanities, saith Koheleth; all is vanity
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And besides that Koheleth was wise, he also taught the
people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many
proverbs
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Koheleth sought to find out words of delight, and that
which was written uprightly, even words of truth
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The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails well
fastened are those that are composed in collections; they are given from one
shepherd
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And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many
books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh
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The end of the matter, all having been heard: fear G-d,
and keep His commandments; for this is the whole man
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For G-d shall bring every work into the judgment
concerning every hidden thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil
Book 33 : KETUVIM - MEGILOT - ECCLESIASTES - Chapter 012
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