Ecclesiastes 12:5
when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels— for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.
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:
yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be on the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets;
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:
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Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the almond
- Genesis 42:38; Genesis 44:29, 31; Leviticus 19:32; Job 15:10; Psalm 71:18; Proverbs 16:31; Proverbs 20:29; Isaiah 46:4; Jeremiah 1:11
- because
- Ecclesiastes 9:10; Job 17:13; Job 30:23; Psalm 49:10–14; Hebrews 9:27
- the mourners
- Genesis 50:3–10; Jeremiah 9:17–20; Mark 5:38, 39