1 Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, 'I have no pleasure in them.' 2 While that the sun is not darkened, and the light, And the moon, and the stars, And the thick clouds returned after the rain. 3 In the day that keepers of the house tremble, And men of strength have bowed themselves, And grinders have ceased, because they have become few. And those looking out at the windows have become dim, 4 And doors have been shut in the street. When the noise of the grinding is low, And [one] riseth at the voice of the bird, And all daughters of song are bowed down. 5 Also of that which is high they are afraid, And of the low places in the way, And the almond-tree is despised, And the grasshopper is become a burden, And want is increased, For man is going unto his home age-during, And the mourners have gone round through the street. 6 While that the silver cord is not removed, And the golden bowl broken, And the pitcher broken by the fountain, And the wheel broken at the well. 7 And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it. 8 Vanity of vanities, said the preacher, the whole [is] vanity. 9 And further, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge, and gave ear, and sought out — he made right many similes. 10 The preacher sought to find out pleasing words, and, written [by] the upright, words of truth. 11 Words of the wise [are] as goads, and as fences planted [by] the masters of collections, they have been given by one shepherd. 12 And further, from these, my son, be warned; the making of many books hath no end, and much study [is] a weariness of the flesh. 13 The end of the whole matter let us hear: — 'Fear God, and keep His commands, for this [is] the whole of man. 14 For every work doth God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.'
Eclesiastés · Traducción literal de Young
Eclesiastés 12 Traducción literal de Young
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Referencias cruzadas (14)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Lamentaciones 3:27; Eclesiastés 11:8; Salmo 71:17–18; Proverbios 22:6; Lucas 18:16
- 2 Isaías 5:30; 1 Samuel 4:15; 1 Samuel 4:18; 1 Samuel 3:2; Ezequiel 32:7–8
- 3 Salmo 90:9–10; Salmo 102:23; Génesis 48:10; 1 Samuel 3:2; Zacarías 8:4
- 4 Jeremías 25:10; 2 Samuel 19:35; Apocalipsis 18:22
- 5 Job 17:13; Jeremías 9:17–20; Job 30:23; Proverbios 16:31; Salmo 71:18
- 6 Zacarías 4:2–3
- 7 Daniel 12:2; Eclesiastés 3:20–21; Salmo 146:4; Génesis 3:19; Job 34:14–15
- 8 Eclesiastés 1:2; Eclesiastés 8:8; Eclesiastés 6:12; Eclesiastés 4:4; Salmo 62:9
- 9 Proverbios 1:1; 1 Reyes 4:32; Proverbios 25:1; 1 Reyes 10:8; Proverbios 10:1
- 10 Colosenses 1:5; 1 Timoteo 1:15; Proverbios 16:21–24; Proverbios 1:1–6; Proverbios 8:6–10
- 11 Jeremías 23:29; Hechos 2:37; Hebreos 4:12; Ezequiel 34:23; Juan 3:10
- 12 Eclesiastés 1:18; Juan 21:25; 2 Pedro 1:19–21; Juan 5:39; 1 Reyes 4:32
- 13 Deuteronomio 10:12; Miqueas 6:8; Deuteronomio 6:2; Salmos 111:10–112:1; Salmo 145:19
- 14 2 Corintios 5:10; Romanos 2:16; Mateo 12:36; 1 Corintios 4:5; Mateo 10:26
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
Lo que dijeron los Padres
Pasajes de los Padres de la Iglesia que comentan o citan este capítulo, tal como aparecen en la edición de Schaff (traducciones inglesas del siglo XIX, de dominio público). Los textos están en inglés.
Cómo se eligieron
«Comentario» es el comienzo de una homilía o exposición sobre este capítulo (homilías de san Juan Crisóstomo; tratados, sermones y comentarios a los Salmos de san Agustín). «Cita» es una frase en la que las notas de la propia edición identifican la cita de un versículo de este capítulo; solo se conserva si el texto coincide con el versículo. Solo se usan obras de autoría segura. Los Salmos siguen la numeración hebrea (Agustín usa la de los Setenta: su Salmo 50 es aquí el 51).
The almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall grow heavy, and the caper-berry shall be scattered abroad.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)