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Pamphlet #4165
Presents
Pamphlet #4165
My Note: silver cord Ref. Scripture Ecclesiastes 12:6-7
Or ever the silver cord be loosed
Scripture: Ecclesiastes
12:6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed,
or the golden bowl be broken,
or the pitcher be broken at the fountain,
or the wheel broken at the cistern.
7
Then shall the
dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God
who gave it.
These are figures of speech in Hebrew that mean "when you die".
They loose a little in the translation into English.
We have some of our own figures of speech for dying like "When you kick the bucket", etc.
Translate that into another language, French for example, where that expression is not used and you can watch the Frenchmen struggle to understand what you are talking about.
So while you say "what's it mean 'the wheel broken at the cistern'?", the French are saying "what's it mean he 'kicked the bucket'?"
Complete text: Ecclesiastes 12:1
¶Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil
days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no
pleasure in them;
2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon,
or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
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,
4 And the doors shall be shut in the streets,
when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice
of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
5 Also when they shall be afraid of that
which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall
flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail:
because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
6 Or
ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or
the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
7 Then shall the dust return to the
earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Did you notice what happens when the silver cord is loosed?
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