Ecclesiastes 12

¹And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the days of evil come, and the years overtake [thee] in which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.

¹And remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of evil come, and the years overtake [you] in which you shall say, I have no pleasure in them.

²While the sun and light are not darkened, nor the moon and the stars; nor the clouds return after the rain:

³in the day wherein the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the mighty men shall become bent, and the grinding [women] cease because they have become few, and the [women] looking out at the windows be dark;

⁴and they shall shut the doors in the market-place, because of the weakness of the voice of her that grinds [at the mill]; and he shall rise up at the voice of the sparrow, and all the daughters of song shall be brought low;

⁴and they shall shut the doors in the marketplace, because of the weakness of the voice of her that grinds [at the mill]; and he shall rise up at the voice of the sparrow, and all the daughters of song shall be brought low;

⁵and they shall look up, and fears [shall be] in the way, and the almond tree shall blossom, and the locust shall increase, and the caper shall be scattered: because man has gone to his eternal home, and the mourners have gone about the market:

⁶before the silver cord be [let go], or the choice gold be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel run down to the cistern;

⁷[before] the dust also return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return to God who gave it.

⁸Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher; all is vanity.

⁹And because the Preacher was wise above [others, so it was] that he taught man excellent knowledge, and the ear will trace out the parables.

¹⁰The Preacher sought diligently to find out acceptable words, and a correct writing, [even] words of truth.

¹¹The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails firmly fastened, which have been given from one shepherd by agreement.

¹²And moreover, my son, guard thyself by means of them: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

¹²And moreover, my son, guard yourself by means of them: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

¹³Hear the end of the matter, the sum: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole man.

¹³Hear the end of the matter, the sun: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole man.

¹⁴For God will bring every work into judgment, with everything that has been overlooked, whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil.

Septuagint (Brenton, 1851)

Septuagint (LXX2012)