Ecclesiastes 12:2

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

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the time of affliction arrives and the years draw near, about which you will say, “These do not please me.”

3when the guardians of the house will tremble, and the strongest men will waver, and those who grind grain will be idle, except for a small number, and those who look through the keyholes will be darkened.

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Cross References

Genesis 48:10For Israel’s eyes were clouded by reason of his great age, and he was unable to see clearly. And when they were placed up against him, he kissed and embraced them.

1 Samuel 4:15Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes had dimmed, so that he was not able to see.

Psalms 77:16He brought forth water from the rock, and he conducted the waters, as if they were rivers.

Isaiah 5:30And in that day, they will make a noise over it, like the sound of the sea. We will gaze out toward the land, and behold, the darkness of the tribulation, and even the light has been darkened by its gloom.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 12:2-8

The Infirmities of Old Age; The Effects of Death. 1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; 2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: 3 In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, 4… Read the whole commentary →

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