Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,
New American Standard Bible
before 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:
Holman Bible
and the moon and the stars,
and the clouds return after
International Standard Version
Otherwise, when the sun, daylight, moon, or stars turn dark, or when clouds fail to return after the rain
American Standard Version
before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;
Amplified
before the sun and the light, and the moon and the stars are darkened [by impaired vision], and the clouds [of depression] return after the rain [of tears];
Bible in Basic English
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not dark, and the clouds come not back after the rain;
Darby Translation
before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, be darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;
Julia Smith Translation
Till when the sun shall not be darkened, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, and the clouds turned not back after the rain:
King James 2000
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars darken and the clouds return after the rain.
Modern King James verseion
So long as the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are darkened, or the clouds return after rain,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
before the sun, the light, the moon and stars be darkened, and or the clouds turn again after the rain;
NET Bible
before the sun and the light of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear after the rain;
New Heart English Bible
Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;
The Emphasized Bible
Or ever be darkened - the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, - and the clouds return after a downpour of rain;
Webster
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
World English Bible
Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;
Youngs Literal Translation
While that the sun is not darkened, and the light, And the moon, and the stars, And the thick clouds returned after the rain.
Themes
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 12:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Advice To The Young: Life Is Short And Then You Die
1 Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shall say, I have no pleasure in them, 2 before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and 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 who look out of the windows shall be darkened,
Cross References
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 to him, My son. And he said to him, Here I am.
Genesis 48:10
Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near to him, and he kissed them, and embraced them.
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 grow dim so that he could not see),
1 Samuel 4:15
Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were dim so that he could not see.
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 broke, and he died, for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty year
Psalm 42:7
Deep calls to deep at the noise of thy waterfalls. All thy waves and thy billows have gone over me.
Psalm 71:20
Thou, who have shown us many and great troubles, will revive us again, and will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
Psalm 77:16
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee. They were afraid. The depths also trembled.
Ecclesiastes 11:7-8
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.
Isaiah 5:30
And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. And if [a man] looks to the land, behold, darkness [and] distress, and the light is darkened in the clouds of it.
Ezekiel 32:7-8
And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars of it dark. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.