Ecclesiastes 12:2

Webster's Bible (1833)

Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, And the clouds return after the rain;

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 27:1 : 1 It happened, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, "My son?" He said to him, "Here I am."
  • Gen 48:10 : 10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he couldn't see. He brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
  • 1 Sam 3:2 : 2 It happened at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see),
  • 1 Sam 4:15 : 15 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old; and his eyes were set, so that he could not see.
  • 1 Sam 4:18 : 18 It happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that [Eli] fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.
  • Ps 42:7 : 7 Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and your billows have swept over me.
  • Ps 71:20 : 20 You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, You will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
  • Ps 77:16 : 16 The waters saw you, God. The waters saw you, and they writhed. The depths also convulsed.
  • Eccl 11:7-8 : 7 Truly the light is sweet, And a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the sun. 8 Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; But let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
  • Isa 5:30 : 30 They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress. The light is darkened in its clouds.
  • Ezek 32:7-8 : 7 When I shall extinguish you, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars of it dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light. 8 All the bright lights of the sky will I make dark over you, and set darkness on your land, says the Lord Yahweh.

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  • 1 Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, Before the evil days come, and the years draw near, When you will say, "I have no pleasure in them;"

  • Eccl 12:3-4
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    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 who look out of the windows are darkened,

    4 And the doors 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;

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    7 Truly the light is sweet, And a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the sun.

    8 Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; But let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.

    9 Rejoice, young man, in your youth, And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, And walk in the ways of your heart, And in the sight of your eyes; But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

    10 Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, And put away evil from your flesh; For youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

  • 5 The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.

  • 9 Let the stars of the twilight of it be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, Neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,

  • 10 For the stars of the sky and the constellations of it shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.

  • 21 Now men don't see the light which is bright in the skies, But the wind passes, and clears them.

  • 26 If I have seen the sun when it shined, Or the moon moving in splendor,

  • 17 Life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there is darkness, it shall be as the morning.

  • Eccl 12:6-7
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    6 Before the silver cord is severed, Or the golden bowl is broken, Or the pitcher is broken at the spring, Or the wheel broken at the cistern,

    7 And the dust returns to the earth as it was, And the spirit returns to God who gave it.

  • 15 The sun and the moon are darkened, And the stars withdraw their shining."

  • 12 They change the night into day, Saying 'The light is near' in the presence of darkness.

  • 24 But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,

  • 16 Give glory to Yahweh your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

  • Job 22:11-12
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    11 Or darkness, so that you can not see, And floods of waters cover you.

    12 "Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!

  • 32 He covers his hands with the lightning, And commands it to strike the mark.

  • 6 The sun will not harm you by day, Nor the moon by night.

  • 22 While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."

  • 12 So man lies down and doesn't rise; Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.

  • 5 Behold, even the moon has no brightness, And the stars are not pure in his sight;

  • 3 When his lamp shone on my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;

  • 12 For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

  • 10 The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, And the stars withdraw their shining.

  • 12 Even the darkness doesn't hide from you, But the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.

  • 4 He who observes the wind won't sow; And he who regards the clouds won't reap.

  • 31 The sun will be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.

  • Job 3:4-6
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    4 Let that day be darkness; Don't let God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine on it.

    5 Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it.

    6 As for that night, let thick darkness seize on it. Let it not rejoice among the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months.

  • 6 The light shall be dark in his tent, His lamp above him shall be put out.

  • 14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see. He walks on the vault of the sky.'

  • 7 Who commands the sun, and it doesn't rise, And seals up the stars;

  • 14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.

  • 29 But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;

  • 3 The eyes of those who see shall not be dim, and the ears of those who hear shall listen.

  • 9 "It will happen in that day," says the Lord Yahweh, "That I will cause the sun to go down at noon, And I will darken the earth in the clear day.

  • 16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes),

  • 20 The sun will be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

  • 7 When I shall extinguish you, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars of it dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

  • 19 and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.

  • 5 Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.

  • 16 The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.

  • 20 Your sun shall no more go down, neither shall your moon withdraw itself; for Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended.

  • 20 Don't desire the night, When people are cut off in their place.