12:1 Remember
also
your
Creator
in
the
days
of
your
youth,
before
the
evil
days
come
and
the
years
draw
near
of
which
you
will
say,
"I
have
no
pleasure
in
them";
12:2 before
the
sun
and
the
light
and
the
moon
and
the
stars
are
darkened
and
the
clouds
return
after
the
rain,
12:3 in
the
day
when
the
keepers
of
the
house
tremble,
and
the
strong
men
are
bent,
and
the
grinders
cease
because
they
are
few,
and
those
who
look
through
the
windows
are
dimmed,
12:4 and
the
doors
on
the
street
are
shut--when
the
sound
of
the
grinding
is
low,
and
one
rises
up
at
the
sound
of
a
bird,
and
all
the
daughters
of
song
are
brought
low--
12:5 they
are
afraid
also
of
what
is
high,
and
terrors
are
in
the
way;
the
almond
tree
blossoms,
the
grasshopper
drags
itself
along,
and
desire
fails,
because
man
is
going
to
his
eternal
home,
and
the
mourners
go
about
the
streets--
12:6 before
the
silver
cord
is
snapped,
or
the
golden
bowl
is
broken,
or
the
pitcher
is
shattered
at
the
fountain,
or
the
wheel
broken
at
the
cistern,
12:7 and
the
dust
returns
to
the
earth
as
it
was,
and
the
spirit
returns
to
God
who
gave
it.
12:8 Vanity
of
vanities,
says
the
Preacher;
all
is
vanity.
12:9 Besides
being
wise,
the
Preacher
also
taught
the
people
knowledge,
weighing
and
studying
and
arranging
many
proverbs
with
great
care.
12:10 The
Preacher
sought
to
find
words
of
delight,
and
uprightly
he
wrote
words
of
truth.
12:11 The
words
of
the
wise
are
like
goads,
and
like
nails
firmly
fixed
are
the
collected
sayings;
they
are
given
by
one
Shepherd.
12:12 My
son,
beware
of
anything
beyond
these.
Of
making
many
books
there
is
no
end,
and
much
study
is
a
weariness
of
the
flesh.
12:13 The
end
of
the
matter;
all
has
been
heard.
Fear
God
and
keep
his
commandments,
for
this
is
the
whole
duty
of
man.
12:14 For
God
will
bring
every
deed
into
judgment,
with
every
secret
thing,
whether
good
or
evil.