"While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:" — Ecclesiastes 12:2

Ecclesiastes 12:2 · KJV

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

— Ecclesiastes 12:2

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

Verse 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 that look out of the windows be darkened, {the grinders...: or, the grinders fail, because they grind little}

Ecclesiastes 12 — Context

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

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

And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;

Cross References

Isaiah 5:30

And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if {one} look unto the land, behold darkness {and} sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof. {sorrow: or, distress} {and the light...: or, when it is light, it shall be dark in the destructions thereof}

1 Samuel 4:18

And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

1 Samuel 4:15

Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see. {were dim: Heb. stood}

1 Samuel 3:2

And it came to pass at that time, when Eli {was} laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, {that} he could not see;

Ecclesiastes 11:7-8

Truly the light {is} sweet, and a pleasant {thing it is} for the eyes to behold the sun:

Genesis 48:10

Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, {so that} he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. {dim: Heb. heavy}

Psalms 77:16

The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.

Psalms 42:7

Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.