Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

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

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

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

International Standard Version

Otherwise, when the sun, daylight, moon, or stars turn dark, or when clouds fail to return after the rain

A Conservative Version

before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
While the sun
שׁמשׁ 
Shemesh 
Usage: 134

or the light
אור 
'owr 
Usage: 122

or the moon
ירח 
Yareach 
Usage: 26

or the stars
כּוכב 
Kowkab 
Usage: 37

be not darkened
חשׁך 
Chashak 
Usage: 17

nor the clouds
עב 
`ab 
Usage: 32

שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488

References

Context Readings

Advice To The Young: Life Is Short And Then You Die

1 Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, "I have no pleasure in them"; 2 before the sun and the light, the moon and the stars are darkened, and clouds return after the rain; 3 in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look through the windows are dimmed,

Cross References

Genesis 27:1

When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son and said to him, "My son"; and he answered, "Here I am."

Genesis 48:10

Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. So Joseph brought them near him, and he kissed them and embraced them.

1 Samuel 3:2

At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his own place.

1 Samuel 4:15

Now Eli was ninety-eight years old and his eyes were set so that he could not see.

1 Samuel 4:18

As soon as he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell over backward from his seat by the side of the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.

Psalm 42:7

Deep calls to deep at the roar of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your waves have gone over me.

Psalm 71:20

You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again.

Psalm 77:16

When the waters saw you, O God, when the waters saw you, they were afraid; indeed, the deep trembled.

Ecclesiastes 11:7-8

Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.

Isaiah 5:30

They will growl over it on that day, like the growling of the sea. And if one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress; and the light is darkened by its clouds.

Ezekiel 32:7-8

When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens and make their stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

King James Version Public Domain

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org

The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

American Standard Version Public Domain

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain