Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation That is when the light of the sun, the moon, and the stars will grow dim for you, and the rain clouds will never pass away. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars be darkened, and the clouds return after the rain: the sun Ecclesiastes 11:7,8 The light is sweet, and it is delightful for the eyes to see the sun. . . . Genesis 27:1 Now Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, and he could not see: and he called Esau, his elder son, and said to him: My son? And he answered: Here I am. Genesis 48:10 For Israel's eyes were dim by reason of his great age, and he could not see clearly. And when they were brought to him, he kissed and embraced them, 1 Samuel 3:2 And it came to pass one day when Heli lay in his place, and his eyes were grown dim, that he could not see: 1 Samuel 4:15,18 Now Heli was ninety and eight years old, and his eyes were dim, and he could not see. . . . nor Psalm 42:7 Deep calleth on deep, at the noise of thy flood-gates. All thy heights and thy billows have passed over me. Psalm 71:20 How great troubles hast thou shewn me, many and grievous: and turning thou hast brought me to life, and hast brought me back again from the depths of the earth: Psalm 77:16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee: and they were afraid, and the depths were troubled. Context Remember Your Creator1Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the time of affliction come, and the years draw nigh of which thou shalt say: They please me not: 2Before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars be darkened, and the clouds return after the rain:3When the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall stagger, and the grinders shall be idle in a small number, and they that look through the holes shall be darkened:… Cross References Matthew 24:29 And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give her light and the stars shall fall from heaven and the powers of heaven shall be moved. Psalm 90:10 The days of our years in them are threescore and ten years. But if in the strong they be fourscore years: and what is more of them is labour and sorrow. For mildness is come upon us: and we shall be corrected. Isaiah 5:30 And they shall make a noise against them that day, like the roaring of the sea; we shall look towards the land, and behold darkness of tribulation, and the light is darkened with the mist thereof. Isaiah 13:10 For the stars of heaven, and their brightness shall not display their light: the sun shall be darkened in his rising, and the moon shall not shine with her light. Ezekiel 32:7 And I will cover the heavens, when thou shalt be put out, and I will make the stars thereof dark: I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. Ezekiel 32:8 I will make all the lights of heaven to mourn over thee and I will cause darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God, when thy wounded shall fall in the midst of the land, saith the Lord God. Joel 3:15 The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars have withdrawn their shining. Jump to Previous Clouds Dark Darkened Grow Light Moon Rain Stars Sun ThickJump to Next Clouds Dark Darkened Grow Light Moon Rain Stars Sun ThickLinks Ecclesiastes 12:2 NIVEcclesiastes 12:2 NLT Ecclesiastes 12:2 ESV Ecclesiastes 12:2 NASB Ecclesiastes 12:2 Bible Apps Ecclesiastes 12:2 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 12:2 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 12:2 French Bible Ecclesiastes 12:2 German Bible Alphabetical: after and are before clouds dark darkened grow light moon rain return stars sun the OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 12:2 Before the sun the light the moon (Ecclesiast. Ec Ecc Eccles.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |