Ecclesiastes 12:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

the doors. the openings: i.e. the mouth and ears.

streets. street (singular)

sound of the grinding is low: i.e. the mastication with gums instead of teeth is low.

rise up. start: referring to insomnia.

the daughters of musick: i.e. songs, &c, the product of music.

Ecclesiastes 12:4

4 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;