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12 Think about your creator while you’re still young,
and the years arrive when you’ll say that you no longer find pleasure in them.
2 Yes, before the sun and the light, and the moon and the stars seem darker,
and the clouds return after the rain.
3 That day when the guards of the house will get the trembles
and the strong men will be bent over,
and the women grinding grain will stop because there’s only a few of them left,
and the women looking out the windows will no longer see clearly.[fn]
4 Then the doors in the street will be shut
so that the grinding that gets louder with the first birdsong will be barely heard
and all the girls singing will be quietened.
5 The people will also become afraid of heights
and the road will have its terrors.
and the locusts will drag themselves along.
Normal desires will be lost
because you’ll be heading for your eternal home
and the mourners will be in the streets.
6 Think about God before the silver cord gets broken
≈ and the golden bowl breaks,
the pitcher shatters at the well
≈ and the wheel is crushed at the cistern,
7 the dust returns to the earth as it was
and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
8 “Nothing but a puff of air,” says the leader. “Everything is pointless.”
12:9 Conclusion
9 Besides the fact that the leader was wise, he still taught the people knowledge, and he searched and evaluated. He arranged and edited many proverbs. 10 The leader searched for pleasing words, and wrote down many truthful words that would lead to godliness.
11 The words of wise people can prod others along,
and they’re like nails holding things firm.
They’re all given by one shepherd.
12 My son, be careful of anything in addition to these,
because there’s no end to producing books
and too much study wears you out.
13 So after listening to everything, here’s the final conclusion:
Respect God and strive to follow him and obey his commands,
because that’s humanity’s whole duty.
14 Yes, God will judge everything we do
12:3 This may also be referring to the failing body, e.g., the guards being the arms, the stooping being the legs, the grinders being few would refer to the teeth, and the windows might refer to the eyes.
