Ecclesiastes 12:2

A Conservative Version

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

Cross References

Isaiah 5:30

And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. And if [a man] looks to the land, behold, darkness [and] distress, and the light is darkened in the clouds of it.

1 Samuel 4:18

And it came to pass, 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. And he had judged Israel forty year

1 Samuel 4:15

Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were dim so that he could not see.

Psalm 77:16

The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee. They were afraid. The depths also trembled.

Psalm 71:20

Thou, who have shown us many and great troubles, will revive us again, and will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

Psalm 42:7

Deep calls to deep at the noise of thy waterfalls. All thy waves and thy billows have gone over me.

1 Samuel 3:2

And it came to pass 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),

Genesis 48:10

Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near to him, and he kissed them, and embraced them.

Genesis 27:1

And it came to pass, 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. And he said to him, Here I am.

Matthew 24:29

But straightaway after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light. And the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Psalm 90:10

The days of our years are threescore years and ten, or even by reason of strength fourscore years, yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it is soon gone, and we fly away.

Isaiah 13:10

For the stars of heaven 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.

Joel 3:15

The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.