Treasury of Scripture Knowledge When the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall stagger, and the grinders shall be idle in a small number, and they that look through the holes shall be darkened: strong 2 Samuel 21:15-17 And the Philistines made war again against Israel, and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. And David growing faint, . . . Psalm 90:9,10 For all our days are spent; and in thy wrath we have fainted away. Our years shall be considered as a spider: . . . Psalm 102:23 He answered him in the way of his strength: Declare unto me the fewness of my days. Zechariah 8:4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem: and every man with his staff in his hand through multitude of days. and those Ecclesiastes 12:2 Before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars be darkened, and the clouds return after the rain: Context Remember Your Creator…2Before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars be darkened, and the clouds return after the rain: 3When the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall stagger, and the grinders shall be idle in a small number, and they that look through the holes shall be darkened:4And they shall shut the doors in the street, when the grinder's voice shall be low, and they shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music shall grow deaf.… Cross References Genesis 27:1 Now Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, and he could not see: and he called Esau, his elder son, and said to him: My son? And he answered: Here I am. Genesis 48:10 For Israel's eyes were dim by reason of his great age, and he could not see clearly. And when they were brought to him, he kissed and embraced them, 1 Samuel 3:2 And it came to pass one day when Heli lay in his place, and his eyes were grown dim, that he could not see: Psalm 35:14 As a neighbour and as an own brother, so did I please: as one mourning and sorrowful so was I humbled. Psalm 38:6 I am become miserable, and am bowed down even to the end: I walked sorrowful all the day long. Lexicon on the dayבַּיּ֗וֹם (bay·yō·wm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day the keepers שֹׁמְרֵ֣י (šō·mə·rê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to of the house הַבַּ֔יִת (hab·ba·yiṯ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house tremble, שֶׁיָּזֻ֙עוּ֙ (še·yā·zu·‘ū) Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2111: To shake off, to agitate and the strong הֶחָ֑יִל (he·ḥā·yil) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2428: A force, an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength men אַנְשֵׁ֣י (’an·šê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person stoop, וְהִֽתְעַוְּת֖וּ (wə·hiṯ·‘aw·wə·ṯū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 5791: To be bent or crooked when those grinding הַטֹּֽחֲנוֹת֙ (haṭ·ṭō·ḥă·nō·wṯ) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 2912: To grind meal, to be a, concubine cease וּבָטְל֤וּ (ū·ḇā·ṭə·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 988: To desist from labor because כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction they are few, מִעֵ֔טוּ (mi·‘ê·ṭū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 4592: A little, fewness, a few and those watching הָרֹא֖וֹת (hā·rō·’ō·wṯ) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see through windows בָּאֲרֻבּֽוֹת׃ (bā·’ă·rub·bō·wṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 699: A lattice, a window, dovecot, chimney, sluice see dimly, וְחָשְׁכ֥וּ (wə·ḥā·šə·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 2821: To be dark, to darken Additional Translations on the day the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few, and those watching through windows see dimly,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 of the windows be darkened, 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 of the windows shall be darkened, in 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; in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows are darkened, 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 of the windows be darkened, 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 of the windows shall be darkened, 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 who look out of the windows are darkened, In the day that keepers of the house tremble, And men of strength have bowed themselves, And grinders have ceased, because they have become few. And those looking out at the windows have become dim, Jump to Previous Bent Bow Cease Crushing Darkened Dim Dimmed Fear Few Grain Grinding Grow House Idle Keepers Mighty Ones Rest Shaking Stand Stoop Strong Themselves Tremble Unable Watchmen Windows WomenJump to Next Bent Bow Cease Crushing Darkened Dim Dimmed Fear Few Grain Grinding Grow House Idle Keepers Mighty Ones Rest Shaking Stand Stoop Strong Themselves Tremble Unable Watchmen Windows WomenExternal Links Ecclesiastes 12:3 NIVEcclesiastes 12:3 NLT Ecclesiastes 12:3 ESV Ecclesiastes 12:3 NASB Ecclesiastes 12:3 ASV Ecclesiastes 12:3 Bible Apps Ecclesiastes 12:3 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 12:3 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 12:3 French Bible Ecclesiastes 12:3 German Bible Alphabetical: and are because cease day dim few grinders grinding grow house idle in keepers look looking men mighty of ones stand stoop strong that the they those through tremble watchmen when who windows OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 12:3 In the day when the keepers (Ecclesiast. 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