12:5 and they are afraid of heights and the dangers 1 in the street;
the almond blossoms 2 grow white, 3
and the grasshopper 4 drags itself along, 5
and the caper berry 6 shrivels up 7 –
because man goes to his eternal home, 8
and the mourners go about in the streets –
12:6 before the silver cord is removed,
or the golden bowl is broken,
or the pitcher is shattered at the well, 9
or the water wheel 10 is broken at the cistern –
12:7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was,
and the life’s breath 11 returns to God who gave it.