Ecclesiastes 12:2

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 then thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say: 'I have no pleasure in them';

3In 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 shall be darkened in the windows,

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Cross References

Genesis 48:10Now 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 4:15Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were set, that he could not see.

Psalms 42:7(42-8) Deep calleth unto deep at the voice of Thy cataracts; all Thy waves and Thy billows are gone over me.

Psalms 77:16(77-17) The waters saw Thee, O God; the waters saw Thee, they were in pain; the depths also trembled.

Isaiah 5:30And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea; and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and distress, and the light is darkened in the skies thereof.

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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