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


In Context

1 Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, or ever the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

2 or ever 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 shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,

4 and the door shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be 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 Darby Bible Translation 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 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: