Ecclesiastes 12:2

While that the sun is not darkened, and the light, || And the moon, and the stars, || And the thick clouds returned after the rain.

Literal Standard Version

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 also your Creator in days of your youth, || While that the evil days do not come, || Nor the years have arrived, that you say, || “I have no pleasure in them.”

3In the day that keepers of the house tremble, || And men of strength have bowed themselves, || And grinders have ceased, because they have become few. And those looking out at the windows have become dim,

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Cross References

Genesis 48:10And the eyes of Israel have been heavy from age—he is unable to see; and he brings them near to him, and he kisses them and cleaves to them;

1 Samuel 4:15And Eli is a son of ninety-eight years, and his eyes have stood, and he has not been able to see.

Psalms 42:7Deep is calling to deep || At the noise of Your waterspouts, || All Your breakers and Your billows passed over me.

Psalms 77:16The waters have seen You, O God, || The waters have seen You, || They are afraid—also depths are troubled.

Isaiah 5:30And it howls against it in that day as the howling of a sea, || And it has looked attentively to the land, || And behold, darkness—distress, || And light has been darkened by its abundance!

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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