Parallel Verses
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:
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
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;
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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Topics
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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 And remember him creating thee in the days of thy youth, till even when the days of evil shall not come, and the years draw near in which thou shalt say, Not to me delight in them; 2 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: 3 In the day those watching the house shall tremble, and the strong men bent themselves, and the grinders ceased for they were few, and they looking through the lattice were darkened,
Cross References
Genesis 27:1
And it shall be as Isaak grew old, and his eyes shall be weak for seeing, and he will call Esau his son the great, and he will say to him, My son: and he will say to him, Behold me.
Genesis 48:10
And the eyes of Israel were heavy from old age; he will not be able to see; and he will draw them near to him, and he will kiss them, and embrace them.
1 Samuel 3:2
And it will be in that day, and Eli lay down in his place, and his eyes began to be weak; he will not be able to see.
1 Samuel 4:15
And Eli the son of ninety and eight years; and his eyes standing, and he will not be able to see.
1 Samuel 4:18
And it will be when he made mention of the ark of God, and he will fall from off the seat backwards by the side of the gate, and his neck will break, and he will die: for he was an old Man and heavy. And he judged Israel forty years.
Psalm 42:7
Deep calling to deep at the voice of thy cataracts: all thy breakers and thy waves passed over me.
Psalm 71:20
Who didst cause us to see great straits and evils; thou wilt turn back, thou wilt preserve us alive, and from the depths of the earth thou wilt turn back, thou wilt bring us up.
Psalm 77:16
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they will tremble, also the depths will be moved.
Ecclesiastes 11:7-8
And the light is sweet, and good to the eyes to see the sun:
Isaiah 5:30
And they shall groan against them in that day as the groaning of the sea: and they looked to the land and, behold, straitened darkness, and the light darkened in its clouds.
Ezekiel 32:7-8
And I covered the heavens in my quenching thee, and I darkened their stars; and I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not enlighten with its light