Ecclesiastes 12:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not dark, and the clouds come not back after the rain;

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 27:1 : 1 Now when Isaac was old and his eyes had become clouded so that he was not able to see, he sent for Esau, his first son, and said to him, My son: and he said, Here am I.
  • Gen 48:10 : 10 Now because Israel was old, his eyes were no longer clear, and he was not able to see. So he made them come near to him, and he gave them a kiss, folding them in his arms.
  • 1 Sam 3:2 : 2 And at that time, when Eli was resting in his place, (now his eyes were becoming clouded so that he was not able to see,)
  • 1 Sam 4:15 : 15 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were fixed so that he was not able to see.
  • 1 Sam 4:18 : 18 And at these words about the ark of God, Eli, falling back off his seat by the side of the doorway into the town, came down on the earth so that his neck was broken and death overtook him, for he was an old man and of great weight. He had been judging Israel for forty years.
  • Ps 42:7 : 7 Deep is sounding to deep at the noise of your waterfalls; all your waves have gone rolling over me.
  • Ps 71:20 : 20 You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me, will give me life again, lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld.
  • Ps 77:16 : 16 The waters saw you, O God; the waters saw you, they were in fear: even the deep was troubled.
  • Eccl 11:7-8 : 7 Truly the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun. 8 But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.
  • Isa 5:30 : 30 And his voice will be loud over him in that day like the sounding of the sea: and if a man's eyes are turned to the earth, it is all dark and full of trouble; and the light is made dark by thick clouds.
  • Ezek 32:7-8 : 7 And when I put out your life, the heaven will be covered and its stars made dark; I will let the sun be covered with a cloud and the moon will not give her light. 8 All the bright lights of heaven I will make dark over you, and put dark night on your land, says the Lord.

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  • Eccl 12:3-4
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    3 In the day when the keepers of the house are shaking for fear, and the strong men are bent down, and the women who were crushing the grain are at rest because their number is small, and those looking out of the windows are unable to see;

    4 When the doors are shut in the street, and the sound of the crushing is low, and the voice of the bird is soft, and the daughters of music will be made low;

  • Eccl 11:7-10
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    7 Truly the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.

    8 But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.

    9 Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.

    10 So put away trouble from your heart, and sorrow from your flesh; because the early years and the best years are to no purpose.

  • Eccl 1:5
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    5 The sun comes up and the sun goes down, and goes quickly back to the place where he came up.

  • Job 3:9
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    9 Let its morning stars be dark; let it be looking for light, but may it not have any; let it not see the eyes of the dawn.

  • Isa 13:10
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    10 For the stars of heaven and its bright armies will not give their light: the sun will be made dark in his journey through the heaven, and the moon will keep back her light.

  • Job 37:21
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    21 And now the light is not seen, for it is dark because of the clouds; but a wind comes, clearing them away.

  • Job 31:26
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    26 If, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way,

  • Job 11:17
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    17 And your life will be brighter than day; though it is dark, it will become like the morning.

  • Eccl 12:6-7
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    6 Before ever the silver cord is cut, or the vessel of gold is broken, or the pot is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the water-hole;

    7 And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.

  • Joel 3:15
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    15 Get your plough-blades hammered into swords, and your vine-knives into spears: let the feeble say, I am strong.

  • Job 17:12
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    12 They are changing night into day; they say, The light is near the dark.

  • Mark 13:24
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    24 But in those days, after that time of trouble, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light,

  • Jer 13:16
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    16 Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.

  • Job 22:11-12
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    11 Your light is made dark so that you are unable to see, and you are covered by a mass of waters.

    12 Is not God as high as heaven? and see the stars, how high they are!

  • Job 36:32
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    32 He takes the light in his hands, sending it against the mark.

  • Ps 121:6
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    6 You will not be touched by the sun in the day, or by the moon at night.

  • Gen 8:22
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    22 While the earth goes on, seed time and the getting in of the grain, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, will not come to an end.

  • Job 14:12
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    12 So man goes down to his last resting-place and comes not again: till the heavens come to an end, they will not be awake or come out of their sleep.

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    3 When his light was shining over my head, and when I went through the dark by his light.

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    12 Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?

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    10 The earth is troubled before them and the heavens are shaking: the sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining:

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    12 Even the dark is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day: for dark and light are the same to you.

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    4 He who is watching the wind will not get the seed planted, and he who is looking at the clouds will not get in the grain.

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    4 That day--let it be dark; let not God take note of it from on high, and let not the light be shining on it;

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    6 That night--let the thick dark take it; let it not have joy among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

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    6 The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out.

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    14 In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.

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    7 And when I put out your life, the heaven will be covered and its stars made dark; I will let the sun be covered with a cloud and the moon will not give her light.

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