# General Information:

The writer describes a house in which various activities stop. This appears to be a metaphor for the human body as it becomes old. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# strong men are bent over

"strong men become weak"

# the women who grind cease because they are few

"the women who grind grain stop grinding grain because there are few of them"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/time]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/palace]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/tremble]]