Ecclesiastes 12:5New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Furthermore, men are afraid of a high place and of terrors on the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags himself along, and the caperberry is ineffective. For man goes to his eternal home while mourners go about in the street.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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:
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— 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 the caper-berry shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— 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:
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— 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:
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— they are also afraid of what is high, and terrors are in the way, and the almond is despised, and the grasshopper is a burden, and the caper-berry is without effect; (for man goeth to his age-long home, and the mourners go about the streets;)
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Yea, at what is high, they be in fear, and there be, terrors, in the way, and the almond be rejected, and the grasshopper drag itself along, and desire perish,—for man is going to his age-abiding home, when the wailers shall go round in the streets;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Also of that which is high they are afraid, And of the low places in the way, And the almond-tree is despised, And the grasshopper is become a burden, And want is increased, For man is going unto his home age-during, And the mourners have gone round through the street.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— 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.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Also they shalbe afraide of the hie thing, and feare shalbe in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grassehopper shall be a burden, and concupiscence shall be driuen away: for man goeth to the house of his age, and the mourners goe about in the streete.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Also [when] they shalbe afraid of that which is high, and feares [shall bee] in the way, and the Almond tree shall flourish, and the grashopper shall be a burden, and desire shall faile: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners goe about the streets:
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— He shall be afraid of that which is high, and shall tremble in his ways, and sleeplessness shall come upon him; the almond tree shall blossom, and the locust shall be multiplied, and fragrance shall scatter, and trouble shall cease; because man goes to the house of his reward and the mourners walk about the streets.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— and 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:
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— 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: |
Also
x1571 (1571) Complementגַּםgam{gam}
By contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correlation both... and.
[ when] they shall be afraid
3372 {3372} Primeיָרֵאyare'{yaw-ray'}
A primitive root; to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
of [ that which is] high,
1364 {1364} Primeגָּבֹהַּgaboahh{gaw-bo'-ah}
From H1361; elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant.
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
and fears
2849 {2849} Primeחַתְחַתchathchath{khath-khath'}
From H2844; terror.
[ shall be] in the way,
1870 {1870} Primeדֶּרֶךְderek{deh'-rek}
From H1869; a road (as trodden); figuratively a course of life or mode of action, often adverbially.
and the almond tree
8247 {8247} Primeשָׁקֵדshaqed{shaw-kade'}
From H8245; the almond (tree or nut; as being the earliest in bloom).
shall flourish,
5006 {5006} Primeנָאַץna'ats{naw-ats'}
A primitive root; to scorn; or (Ecclesiastes 12:5) by interchange for H5132, to bloom.
z8686 <8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 4046
and the grasshopper
2284 {2284} Primeחָגָבchagab{khaw-gawb'}
Of uncertain derivation; a locust.
shall be a burden,
5445 {5445} Primeסָבַלcabal{saw-bal'}
A primitive root; to carry (literally or figuratively), or (reflexively) be burdensome; specifically to be gravid.
z8691 <8691> Grammar
Stem - Hithpael (See H8819) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 533
and desire
35 {0035} Primeאֲבִיּוֹנָה'abiyownah{ab-ee-yo-naw'}
From H0014; provocative of desire; the caper berry (from its stimulative taste).
shall fail:
6565 {6565} Primeפָּרַרparar{paw-rar'}
A primitive root; to break up (usually figuratively, that is, to violate, frustrate).
z8686 <8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 4046
because
x3588 (3588) Complementכִּיkiy{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
man
120 {0120} Primeאָדָם'adam{aw-dawm'}
From H0119; ruddy, that is, a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.).
goeth
1980 {1980} Primeהָלַךְhalak{haw-lak'}
Akin to H3212; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively).
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
to
x413 (0413) Complementאֵל'el{ale}
(Used only in the shortened constructive form (the second form)); a primitive particle, properly denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, that is, near, with or among; often in general, to.
his long
5769 {5769} Primeעוֹלָם`owlam{o-lawm'}
From H5956; properly concealed, that is, the vanishing point; generally time out of mind (past or future), that is, (practically) eternity; frequentative adverbially (especially with prepositional prefix) always.
home,
1004 {1004} Primeבַּיִתbayith{bah'-yith}
Probably from H1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.).
and the mourners
5594 {5594} Primeסָפַדcaphad{saw-fad'}
A primitive root; properly to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication to wail.
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
go about
5437 {5437} Primeסָבַבcabab{saw-bab'}
A primitive root; to revolve, surround or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively.
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
the streets:
7784 {7784} Primeשׁוּקshuwq{shook}
From H7783; a street (as run over). |
Ecclesiastes 12:5
_ _ that which is high — The old are afraid of ascending a hill.
_ _ fears ... in the way — Even on the level highway they are full of fears of falling, etc.
_ _ almond ... flourish — In the East the hair is mostly dark. The white head of the old among the dark-haired is like an almond tree, with its white blossoms, among the dark trees around [Holden]. The almond tree flowers on a leafless stock in winter (answering to old age, in which all the powers are dormant), while the other trees are flowerless. Gesenius takes the Hebrew for flourishes from a different root, casts off; when the old man loses his gray hairs, as the almond tree casts its white flowers.
_ _ grasshoppers — the dry, shriveled, old man, his backbone sticking out, his knees projecting forwards, his arms backwards, his head down, and the apophyses enlarged, is like that insect. Hence arose the fable, that Tithonus in very old age was changed into a grasshopper [Parkhurst]. “The locust raises itself to fly”; the old man about to leave the body is like a locust when it is assuming its winged form, and is about to fly [Maurer].
_ _ a burden — namely, to himself.
_ _ desire shall fail — satisfaction shall be abolished. For “desire,” Vulgate has “the caper tree,” provocative of lust; not so well.
_ _ long home — (Job 16:22; Job 17:13).
_ _ mourners — (Jeremiah 9:17-20), hired for the occasion (Matthew 9:23). |
Ecclesiastes 12:5
Afraid — The passion of fear is observed to be most incident to old men. High — When they walk abroad they dread to go up high or steep places. Fears — Lest as they are walking, they should stumble, or fall. The almond — tree — Their heads shall be as full of grey hairs, as the almond — tree is of white flowers. The grasshopper — They cannot endure the least burden, being indeed a burden to themselves. Desire — Of meats, and drinks, and music, and other delights, which are vehemently desired by men in their youth. Goeth — is travelling towards it, and every day nearer to it. Long home — From this place of his pilgrimage into the grave, from whence he must never return into this world, and into the state of the future life, which is unchangeable and everlasting. Mourners — Accompany the corpse thro' the streets to the grave. |
Ecclesiastes 12:5
Also [when] they shall be afraid of [that which is] (k) high, and fears [shall be] in the (l) way, and the almond tree shall (m) flourish, and the (n) grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
(k) To climb high because of their weakness, or they stoop down as though they were afraid lest anything should hide them.
(l) They will tremble as they go, as though they were afraid.
(m) Their head will be as white as the blossoms of an almond tree.
(n) They will be able to bear nothing. |
- the almond:
Genesis 42:38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Genesis 44:29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Genesis 44:31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad [is] not [with us], that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
Leviticus 19:32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I [am] the LORD.
Job 15:10 With us [are] both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
Psalms 71:18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto [this] generation, [and] thy power to every one [that] is to come.
Proverbs 16:31 The hoary head [is] a crown of glory, [if] it be found in the way of righteousness.
Proverbs 20:29 The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the gray head.
Isaiah 46:4 And [even] to [your] old age I [am] he; and [even] to hoar hairs will I carry [you]: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver [you].
Jeremiah 1:11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
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- because:
Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Job 17:13 If I wait, the grave [is] mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
Job 30:23 For I know [that] thou wilt bring me [to] death, and [to] the house appointed for all living.
Psalms 49:10-14 For he seeth [that] wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. ... Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
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- the mourners:
Genesis 50:3-10 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days. ... And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which [is] beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
Jeremiah 9:17-20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning [women], that they may come: ... Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.
Mark 5:38-39 And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly. ... And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
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