Ecclesiastes 12:2

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:

While the sun {H8121}, or the light {H216}, or the moon {H3394}, or the stars {H3556}, be not darkened {H2821}, nor the clouds {H5645} return {H7725} after {H310} the rain {H1653}:

before the sun and the light grow dim, also the moon and the stars; before the clouds return after the rain;

before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,

before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 5:30 (6 votes)

    And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if [one] look unto the land, behold darkness [and] sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

  • 1 Samuel 4:18 (4 votes)

    And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

  • 1 Samuel 4:15 (4 votes)

    Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.

  • Genesis 48:10 (3 votes)

    Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, [so that] he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

  • 1 Samuel 3:2 (3 votes)

    And it came to pass at that time, when Eli [was] laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, [that] he could not see;

  • Genesis 27:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, [here am] I.

  • Psalms 42:7 (3 votes)

    Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.