Ecclesiastes 12:3
“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,”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble,.... By the "house" is meant the human body; which is a house of…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The body in old age and death is here described under the figure of a decaying house with its inmates and furniture.…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ecclesiastes 12:1-7
Here is, I. A call to young people to think of God, and mind their duty to him, when they are young: Remember now thy…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble Here, as before, there is a vivid picture which is also an…
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