Ecclesiastes 12:3 meaning and explanation
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,
Ecclesiastes 12:3, Berean Standard Bible
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In Ecclesiastes 12, the Teacher urges the young to remember their Creator before old age and death arrive. Verse 3 belongs to a poetic portrait of declining years, likely picturing the body as a house: the keepers of the house are the hands that tremble, the strong men are the legs that stoop, the grinding women are the teeth that cease because few remain, and those watching through windows are the eyes that see dimly.
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