Ecclesiastes 12:4 BSB

Ecclesiastes 12:4

when the doors to the street are shut and the sound of the mill fades away, when one rises at the sound of a bird and all the daughters of song grow faint,

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ASV

and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;

KJV

And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And the doors shall be shut in the streets - 5. The doors - the lips, which are the doors by which the mouth is closed. 6. Be shut in the streets - The cavities of the cheeks and jaws, through which the food may be said to travel before it is fitted by mastication or chewing to go down the aesophagus into the stomach. The doors or lips are shut to hinder the food in chewing from dropping out; as the teeth, which prevented that before, are now lost.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Ninthly, With them all the daughters of music are brought low. They have neither voice nor ear, can neither sing themselves nor take any pleasure, as Solomon had done in the days of his youth, in singing men, and singing women, and musical instruments, ch. ii.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְסֻגְּר֤וּ	ve.su.ge.Ru	and they will be shut up	H5462 →
דְלָתַ֙יִם֙	de.la.Ta.yim	[the] doors	H1817 →
בַּשּׁ֔וּק	ba.Shuk	on the street	H7784 →
בִּשְׁפַ֖ל	bish.Fal	when becomes low	H8213 →
ק֣וֹל	Kol	[the] sound of	H6963 →
הַֽטַּחֲנָ֑ה	ha.ta.cha.Nah	the grinding mill	H2913 →
וְיָקוּם֙	ve.ya.Kum	for someone may arise	H6965 →
לְק֣וֹל	le.Kol	to [the] sound of	H6963 →
הַצִּפּ֔וֹר	ha.tzi.Por	<the> bird	H6833 →
וְיִשַּׁ֖חוּ	ve.yi.Sha.chu	and they may be reduced	H7817 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
בְּנ֥וֹת	be.Not	[the] daughters of	H1323 →
הַשִּֽׁיר׃	ha.Shir	<the> song	H7892 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 18:22
And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound…
leads to
- Ezekiel 26:13
  So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 25:10
  Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
- Isaiah 24:8–9
  The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.
Through
Jeremiah 25:10
Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
leads to
- Jeremiah 7:34
  I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 16:9
  For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes and in your days, the sounds of joy and…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 18:22–23
  And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound…
Through
2 Samuel 19:35
I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 15:33
  David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.
- Ezra 2:65
  in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Ecclesiastes

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Ecclesiastes