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. Lexicon beforeעַ֠ד (‘aḏ) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while the sunlight, הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ (haš·še·meš) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's Hebrew 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement moon, וְהַיָּרֵ֖חַ (wə·hay·yā·rê·aḥ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3394: The moon and stars וְהַכּוֹכָבִ֑ים (wə·hak·kō·w·ḵā·ḇîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3556: A star, a prince are darkened, תֶחְשַׁ֤ךְ (ṯeḥ·šaḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2821: To be dark, to darken and the clouds הֶעָבִ֖ים (he·‘ā·ḇîm) Article | Noun - common plural Strong's Hebrew 5645: An envelope, darkness, a, cloud, a copse return וְשָׁ֥בוּ (wə·šā·ḇū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again after אַחַ֥ר (’a·ḥar) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 310: The hind or following part the rain, הַגָּֽשֶׁם׃ (hag·gā·šem) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1653: Rain, shower Additional Translations before the sunlight, moon, and stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain; While the sun and light are not darkened, nor the moon and the stars; nor the clouds return after the rain: before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, be darkened, and the clouds return after the rain; or ever the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, be darkened, and the clouds return after the rain: While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain; While that the sun is not darkened, and the light, And the moon, and the stars, And the thick clouds returned after the rain. 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