Ecclesiastes 12:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Remember your Creator while you are young, before the time comes when the sun and the moon and the stars become dark to you—before problems come again and again like one storm after another.

Cross References

Isaiah 5:30

Then there is a roar as loud as the ocean waves, and the captives turn their faces to the ground. And there is only darkness closing in as the light fades away in a black cloud.

1 Samuel 4:18

When the Benjamite man mentioned God’s Holy Box, Eli fell backward off his chair near the gate and broke his neck. Eli was old and fat, so he died. He had led Israel for 20 years.

Psalm 77:16

God, the water saw you and became afraid. The deep water shook with fear.

Psalm 71:20

You have let me see troubles and hard times, but you will give me new life; you will lift me up from this pit of death!

Psalm 42:7

I hear the roar of the water coming from deep within the earth. It shouts to the water below as it tumbles down the waterfall. God, your waves come one after another, crashing all around and over me.

1 Samuel 3:2

Eli’s eyes were getting so weak that he was almost blind. One night he went to his room to go to bed.

Genesis 48:10

Israel was old and his eyes were not good. So Joseph brought the boys close to his father. Israel kissed and hugged the boys.

Genesis 27:1

Isaac grew old, and his eyes became so weak that he could not see clearly. One day he called his older son Esau to him and said, “Son!” Esau answered, “Here I am.”

Matthew 24:29

“Right after the trouble of those days, this will happen: ‘The sun will become dark, and the moon will not give light. The stars will fall from the sky, and everything in the sky will be changed.’

Psalm 90:10

We live about 70 years or, if we are strong, 80 years. But most of them are filled with hard work and pain. Then, suddenly, the years are gone, and we fly away.

Isaiah 13:10

The skies will be dark. The sun, the moon, and the stars will not shine.

Joel 3:15

The sun and the moon will become dark. The stars will stop shining.