NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon In the dayyowm (yome) a day (as the warm hours), when the keepers shamar (shaw-mar') to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc. of the house bayith (bah'-yith) a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) shall tremble zuwa` (zoo'-ah) to shake off, i.e. (figuratively) to agitate (as with fear) -- move, tremble, vex. and the strong chayil (khah'-yil) probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength men 'enowsh (en-oshe') a mortal; hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. shall bow `avath (aw-vath') to wrest -- bow self, (make) crooked., falsifying, overthrow, deal perversely, pervert, subvert, turn upside down.; themselves and the grinders tachan (taw-khan') to grind meal; hence, to be a concubine (that being their employment) -- grind(-er). cease batel (baw-tale') to desist from labor -- cease. because they are few ma`at (maw-at') to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective) and those that look out ra'ah (raw-aw') to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)surely, think, view, visions. of the windows 'arubbah (ar-oob-baw') a lattice; (by implication) a window, dove-cot (because of the pigeon-holes), chimney (with its apertures for smoke), sluice (with openings for water) -- chimney, window. be darkened chashak (khaw-shak') to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken -- be black, be (make) dark, darken, cause darkness, be dim, hide. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible in the day that the watchmen of the house tremble, and mighty men stoop, the grinding ones stand idle because they are few, and those who look through windows grow dim; King James Bible 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, Holman Christian Standard Bible on the day when the guardians of the house tremble, and the strong men stoop, the women who grind cease because they are few, and the ones who watch through the windows see dimly, International Standard Version when that day comes, the palace guards will tremble, strong men will stoop down, women grinders will cease because they are few, and the sight of those who peer through the lattice will grow dim. NET Bible when 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, GOD'S WORD® Translation Remember your Creator when those who guard the house tremble, strong men are stooped over, the women at the mill stop grinding because there are so few of them, [and] those who look out of the windows see a dim light. King James 2000 Bible 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 grow dim, Links Ecclesiastes 12:3Ecclesiastes 12:3 NIV Ecclesiastes 12:3 NLT Ecclesiastes 12:3 ESV Ecclesiastes 12:3 NASB Ecclesiastes 12:3 KJV |
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