Ecclesiastes 12:5
when men fear the heights and dangers of the road,
What it says
Fear grows, hair whitens, desire falters, and mourners gather as a person approaches his long home.
What it is doing
This verse brings aging imagery toward the threshold of death.
In context
1Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, 2before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, 3on the day the keepers of the house tremble 4when the doors to the street are shut 5when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, 6Remember Him before the silver cord is snapped 7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came 8“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher.