Ecclesiastes 12:5-7

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁵ Furthermore, ^[a]men are afraid of a high place and of terrors on the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags himself along, and the caperberry is ineffective. For man goes to his eternal ^(A)home while ^(B)mourners go about in the street. ⁶ Remember Him before the silver cord is ^[b]broken and the ^(C)golden bowl is crushed, the pitcher by the well is shattered and the wheel at the cistern is crushed; ⁷ then the ^(D)dust will return to the earth as it was, and the ^[c](E)spirit will return to ^(F)God who gave it.