12:4a when the doors to the street are shut

Remember your Creator before the front doors are closed. (New International Reader’s Version)
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Your ears will be deaf to the noise in the streets, (New Century Version)

12:4b and the sound of the mill fades away,

⌊And remember him before⌋ the sound of the mill fades.
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and you will barely hear the millstone grinding grain. (New Century Version)
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Even the stone grinding your grain will seem quiet to you. (English Easy-to-Read Version)

12:4c when one rises at the sound of a bird

And ⌊remember him before⌋ you wake up early when the birds are singing,
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You’ll wake up when a bird starts singing, (New Century Version)

12:4d and all the daughters of song grow faint,

but you can hardly hear them.
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but you will barely hear singing. (New Century Version)

12:4a-d (combined)

⌊One day your ears will be deaf⌋ . You will no longer hear the noise of the streets or the sound of the mill grinding ⌊grain⌋ . You will wake up ⌊as early as⌋ the birds, but you will not be able to hear their songs. ⌊Remember your Creator before this time comes.⌋
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There comes a time when we ⌊will grow old and⌋ lose our hearing. ⌊It will be as if⌋ the doors to the street are shut and we will hardly hear any sound. ⌊We will⌋ not even hear the noisy mill’s grinding nor the birds singing. Even though ⌊we will wake up early as a bird⌋ .

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