Ecclesiastes 12 (NET)

Ecclesiastes 12:1¹So remember your Creator in the days of your youth— before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lam 3:27Eccl 11:8Ps 71:17-18Prov 22:6Luke 18:16Ps 34:112 Tim 3:151 Sam 16:12-13Ps 90:10Eccl 11:10

Ecclesiastes 12:2²before the sun and the light of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear after the rain;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 5:301 Sam 4:151 Sam 4:181 Sam 3:2Eccl 11:7-8Ezek 32:7-8Gen 27:1Gen 48:10Ps 42:7Ps 71:20

Ecclesiastes 12:3³when those who keep watch over the house begin to tremble, and the virile men begin to stoop over, and the grinders begin to cease because they grow few, and those who look through the windows grow dim,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 90:9-10Ps 102:231 Sam 3:22 Sam 21:15-17Gen 27:1Gen 48:10Zech 8:4

Ecclesiastes 12:4⁴and the doors along the street are shut; when the sound of the grinding mill grows low, and one is awakened by the sound of a bird, and all their songs grow faint,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 25:102 Sam 19:35Rev 18:22

Ecclesiastes 12:5⁵and they are afraid of heights and the dangers in the street; the almond blossoms grow white, and the grasshopper drags itself along, and the caper berry shrivels up — because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the streets—Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 17:13Jer 9:17-20Job 30:23Prov 16:31Gen 50:3-10Job 15:10Lev 19:32Ps 49:10-14Ps 71:18Eccl 9:10

Ecclesiastes 12:6⁶before the silver cord is removed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is shattered at the well, or the water wheel is broken at the cistern—Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Zech 4:2-3

Ecclesiastes 12:7⁷and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life’s breath returns to God who gave it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 12:2Eccl 3:20-21Ps 146:4Gen 3:19Job 34:14-15Isa 57:16Zech 12:1Gen 2:7Num 16:22Job 20:11

Ecclesiastes 12:8⁸“Absolutely futile!” laments the Teacher, “All these things are futile!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 1:2Eccl 6:12Eccl 8:8Eccl 1:14Eccl 2:17Eccl 4:4Ps 62:9

Ecclesiastes 12:9⁹Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught knowledge to the people; he carefully evaluated and arranged many proverbs.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 4:32Prov 1:1Prov 25:11 Kgs 10:8Prov 10:1

Ecclesiastes 12:10¹⁰The Teacher sought to find delightful words, and to write accurately truthful sayings.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 1:51 Tim 1:15Prov 16:21-24Prov 1:1-6Prov 15:26Prov 22:17-21Prov 25:11-12Prov 8:6-10Eccl 1:1

Ecclesiastes 12:11¹¹The words of the sages are like prods, and the collected sayings are like firmly fixed nails; they are given by one shepherd.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 2:37Heb 4:12Jer 23:29Ezek 34:232 Cor 10:4Isa 40:11John 3:10Prov 1:6Prov 22:17Isa 22:23

Ecclesiastes 12:12¹²Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them. There is no end to the making of many books, and much study is exhausting to the body.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 1:18John 21:252 Pet 1:19-21John 5:391 Kgs 4:32Luke 16:29-31John 20:31

Ecclesiastes 12:13¹³Having heard everything, I have reached this conclusion: Fear God and keep his commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 10:12Mic 6:8Deut 6:2Ps 111:10-112:1Job 28:28Ps 145:19Luke 1:50Eccl 8:12Prov 1:7Prov 19:23

Ecclesiastes 12:14¹⁴For God will evaluate every deed, including every secret thing, whether good or evil.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 5:10Rom 2:16Matt 12:361 Cor 4:5Matt 10:26Rom 14:10-12Eccl 11:9Luke 12:1-2Eccl 3:17John 5:29