• Ecclesiastes 12:5
    The Bible in Living English

    • 5 withal they are afraid of a high place, and there are terrors on the road, and the almond-tree blossoms, and the grasshopper drags heavily, and the caper-berry balks, because man is going to his eternal house and the wailers are going around in the street;

  • Ecclesiastes 12:5
    American Standard Version

    • 5 yea, they shall be afraid of that which is high, and terrors shall be in the way; and the almond-tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:

  • Ecclesiastes 12:5
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 5 Yea at what is high they be in fear And there be terrors in the way, And the almond be rejected And the grasshopper drag itself along, And desire perish,—For man is going to his age-abiding home, When the wailers shall go round in the streets;

  • Ecclesiastes 12:5
    King James Version

    • 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: