Ecclesiastes 12:2

New American Bible - revised edition

Before the sun is darkened, and the light and the moon and the stars and the clouds return after the rain;

Cross References

Genesis 27:1

When Isaac was so old that his eyesight had failed him, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son!” “Here I am!” he replied.

Genesis 48:10

Now Israel’s eyes were dim from age; he could not see well. When Joseph brought his sons close to him, he kissed and embraced them.

Psalm 42:7

My soul is downcast within me; therefore I remember you From the land of the Jordan and Hermon, from Mount Mizar,

Psalm 71:20

Whatever bitter afflictions you sent me, you would turn and revive me. From the watery depths of the earth once more raise me up.

Psalm 77:16

With your mighty arm you redeemed your people, the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah

Psalm 90:10

Seventy is the sum of our years, or eighty, if we are strong; Most of them are toil and sorrow; they pass quickly, and we are gone.

Isaiah 13:10

The stars of the heavens and their constellations will send forth no light; The sun will be dark at its rising, and the moon will not give its light.

Isaiah 5:30

They will growl over it, on that day, like the growling of the sea, Look to the land— darkness closing in, the light dark with clouds!

Matthew 24:29

“Immediately 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.

1 Samuel 3:2

One day Eli was asleep in his usual place. His eyes had lately grown so weak that he could not see.

1 Samuel 4:15

Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes would not focus. So he could not see.

1 Samuel 4:18

At this mention of the ark of God, Eli fell backward from his chair into the gateway; he died of a broken neck since he was an old man and heavy. He had judged Israel for forty years.