Ecclesiastes 12:2

do this before the light of the sun and the moon and the stars grows dark, 2 and dark clouds return after the rain. 1

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

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1Also call to mind your Creator in the days of your youth, 2 before the days of difficulty come, 2 and before the years arrive when you say, 3 “I have no pleasure in them,” 1

3That will be the time when the palace guards will tremble, 2 and strong men are bent over, 1 and the women who grind cease because they are few, 1 and those who look out of windows no longer see clearly. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 48:10Now Israel's eyes were failing because of his age, so he could not see. So Joseph brought them near to him, and he kissed them and embraced them.

1 Samuel 4:15Now Eli was ninety-eight years old; his eyes did not focus, and he could not see.

Psalms 42:7Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls; 1 all your waves and your billows have gone over me. 1

Psalms 77:16The waters saw you, God; 1 the waters saw you, and they were afraid; 1 the depths trembled. 1

Isaiah 5:30On that day they will roar against the prey as the sea roars. 1 If anyone looks over the land, he will see darkness and suffering; even the light will be made dark by the clouds.

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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