Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ecclesiastes 12:3
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3. keepers of the house —namely, the hands and arms which protected the body, as guards do a palace ( Genesis 49:24 ; Job 4:19 ; 2 Corinthians 5:1 ), are now palsied. strong men . . . bow — ( Judges 16:25 ; Judges 16:30 ). Like supporting pillars, the feet and knees ( Judges 16:30- : ); the strongest members ( Judges 16:30- : ). grinders —the molar teeth. cease —are idle. those that look out of the windows —the eyes; the powers of vision, looking out from beneath the eyelids, which open and shut like the casement of a window. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-4" class="com-number"
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