Ecclesiastes 12:2

Before the sun, the light, 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 also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will 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 who look out of the windows are darkened,

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Cross References

Genesis 48:10Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he couldn’t see well. 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 were set, so that he could not see.

Psalms 42:7Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and your billows have swept over me.

Psalms 77:16The waters saw you, God. The waters saw you, and they writhed. The depths also convulsed.

Isaiah 5:30They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress. The light is darkened in its 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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