Ecclesiastes 12:2

In 11 translations

BSB

before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

Whiles the sunne is not darke, nor ye light, nor the moone, nor the starres, nor the cloudes returne after the raine:

JPS

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

LXXE

While the sun and light are not darkened, nor the moon and the stars; nor the clouds return after the rain:

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Original-language editions

WLC

עַ֠ד אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא־תֶחְשַׁ֤ךְ הַשֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ֙ וְהָא֔וֹר וְהַיָּרֵ֖חַ וְהַכּוֹכָבִ֑ים וְשָׁ֥בוּ הֶעָבִ֖ים אַחַ֥ר הַגָּֽשֶׁם׃

LXX-Br

Ἕως οὗ μὴ σκοτισθῇ ὁ ἥλιος καὶ τὸ φῶς, καὶ ἡ σελήνη καὶ οἱ ἀστέρες, καὶ ἐπιστρέψουσι τὰ νέφη ὀπίσω τοῦ ὑετοῦ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Isaiah 5:30In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.
• 1 Samuel 4:18As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.
• 1 Samuel 3:2And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.
• 1 Samuel 4:15Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.
• Genesis 48:10Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
• Psalms 42:7Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
• Psalms 71:20Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.
• Ezekiel 32:7–8When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light. All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will…
• Ecclesiastes 11:7–8Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun. So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
• Genesis 27:1When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.
• Psalms 77:16The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).