Parallel Verses

NET Bible

before the sun and the light of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear after the rain;

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;

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 So remember your Creator in the days of your youth -- before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you will say, "I have no pleasure in them"; 2 before the sun and the light of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear after the rain; 3 when those who keep watch over the house begin to tremble, and the virile men begin to stoop over, and the grinders begin to cease because they grow few, and those who look through the windows grow dim,

Cross References

Genesis 27:1

When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, he called his older son Esau and said to him, "My son!" "Here I am!" Esau replied.

Genesis 48:10

Now Israel's eyes were failing because of his age; he was not able to see well. So Joseph brought his sons near to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.

1 Samuel 3:2

Eli's eyes had begun to fail, so that he was unable to see well. At that time he was lying down in his place,

1 Samuel 4:15

Now Eli was ninety-eight years old and his eyes looked straight ahead; he was unable to see.

1 Samuel 4:18

When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward from his chair beside the gate. He broke his neck and died, for he was old and heavy. He had judged Israel for forty years.

Psalm 42:7

One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls; all your billows and waves overwhelm me.

Psalm 71:20

Though you have allowed me to experience much trouble and distress, revive me once again! Bring me up once again from the depths of the earth!

Psalm 77:16

The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you and trembled. Yes, the depths of the sea shook with fear.

Ecclesiastes 11:7-8

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

Isaiah 5:30

At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.

Ezekiel 32:7-8

When I extinguish you, I will cover the sky; I will darken its stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not shine.

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