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Ecclesiastes 12:2

Ecclesiastes chapter 12 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.1Remember also 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;

v.2This passage

v.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 of the windows shall be darkened,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 5:30

    And 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 clouds thereof.

  • Psalms 71:20

    Thou, who hast showed us many and sore troubles, Wilt quicken us again, And wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

  • Genesis 27:1

    And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Here am I.

  • 1 Samuel 4:18

    And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

  • Ezekiel 32:7

    And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

  • 1 Samuel 3:2

    And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to wax dim, so that he could not see),