Ecclesiastes 12:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
on the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see dimly,

Young's Literal Translation
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King James Bible
In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,

Hebrew
on the day
בַּיּ֗וֹם (bay·yō·wm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

the keepers
שֹׁמְרֵ֣י (šō·mə·rê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

of the house
הַבַּ֔יִת (hab·ba·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

tremble,
שֶׁיָּזֻ֙עוּ֙ (še·yā·zu·‘ū)
Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2111: To shake off, to agitate

and the strong
הֶחָ֑יִל (he·ḥā·yil)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2428: A force, an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength

men
אַנְשֵׁ֣י (’an·šê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

stoop,
וְהִֽתְעַוְּת֖וּ (wə·hiṯ·‘aw·wə·ṯū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5791: To be bent or crooked

when those grinding
הַטֹּֽחֲנוֹת֙ (haṭ·ṭō·ḥă·nō·wṯ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's 2912: To grind meal, to be a, concubine

cease
וּבָטְל֤וּ (ū·ḇā·ṭə·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 988: To desist from labor

because
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

they are few,
מִעֵ֔טוּ (mi·‘ê·ṭū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 4592: A little, fewness, a few

and those watching
הָרֹא֖וֹת (hā·rō·’ō·wṯ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's 7200: To see

through windows
בָּאֲרֻבּֽוֹת׃ (bā·’ă·rub·bō·wṯ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 699: A lattice, a window, dovecot, chimney, sluice

see dimly,
וְחָשְׁכ֥וּ (wə·ḥā·šə·ḵū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 2821: To be dark, to darken

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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