Ecclesiastes 12:4 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEcclesiastes 12:4 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְסֻגְּר֤וּ
çâgar
H5462
to shut
דְלָתַ֨יִם֙
deleth
H1817
door
בַּשּׁ֔וּק
shûwq
H7784
street
בִּשְׁפַ֖ל
shâphâl
H8217
humble
ק֣וֹל
qôwl
H6963
voice
הַֽטַּחֲנָ֑ה
ṭachănâh
H2913
mill
וְיָקוּם֙
qûwm
H6965
to rise
לְק֣וֹל
qôwl
H6963
voice
הַצִּפּ֔וֹר
tsippôwr
H6833
bird
וְיִשַּׁ֖חוּ
shâchach
H7817
to bow down
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
בְּנ֥וֹת
bath
H1323
daughter
הַשִּֽׁיר
shîyr
H7892
song
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World English Bible Public Domain
And the doors shall be shut in the street; When the sound of the grinding is low, And one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, And all the daughters of music shall be brought low;
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King James Version Public Domain
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;
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
and doors will be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding low, and a person rises at the sound of the bird, and all the daughters of song are stooped;
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).