2before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, be darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;


In Context

1 And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, of which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

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

3 in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows are darkened,

4 and the doors are shut toward the street; when the sound of the grinding is subdued, and they rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low;

Ecclesiastes 12:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:2While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:2before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain;

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:2before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:2Before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars be darkened, and the clouds return after the rain:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:2or ever the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, be darkened, and the clouds return after the rain:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:2While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:2Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:2While that the sun is not darkened, and the light, And the moon, and the stars, And the thick clouds returned after the rain.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:2While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: