12:6a Remember Him before the silver cord is snapped

Remember your Creator before the silver cord of life snaps. (New Living Translation (2004))
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Remember your Creator because soon your life will snap like a silver chain
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⌊Think about God now⌋ before you die.

12:6b and the golden bowl is crushed

And ⌊remember him before your body, which is like⌋ the golden container, is crushed.
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or break like a golden bowl. (New Century Version)
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⌊At that time your body will be useless like⌋ a precious broken dish

12:6c before the pitcher is shattered at the spring

⌊Remember him before⌋ the pitcher is shattered at the fountain.
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You will be like a broken pitcher at a spring, (New Century Version)
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⌊because⌋ you will die suddenly,

12:6d and the wheel is broken at the well,

And ⌊remember him before⌋ the pulley breaks at the cistern.
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or a broken wheel at a well. (New Century Version)
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and all your movements will cease.

12:6a-d (combined)

⌊One day⌋ the silver chain will snap, and the golden dish will fall and break. The water jar will be shattered and the wheel at the well ⌊which you need to draw water from⌋ will break.
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Remember to serve God while you are young, because one day your life will finish. It will be like a silver chain that breaks. ⌊It will be⌋ like a gold bowl that breaks. ⌊It will be⌋ like a water pot at the well that breaks into pieces. ⌊It will be⌋ like a rope at the well that breaks apart. (EEB)

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