Ecc 12:3 | JFB | STEP | 3. keepers of the house —namely, the hands and arms which protected the body, as guards do a palace ( ), are now palsied. strong men . . . bow — ( ). Like supporting pillars, the feet and knees ( ); the strongest members ( ). 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.

Ecclesiastes 12:3

3. keepers of the house—namely, the hands and arms which protected the body, as guards do a palace (Ge 49:24; Job 4:19; 2Co 5:1), are now palsied.

strong men . . . bow— (Jud 16:25, 30). Like supporting pillars, the feet and knees (So 5:15); the strongest members (Ps 147:10).

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.