Ecclesiastes 12:2

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

Genesis 27:1

When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son, and said to him, “My son”; and he answered, “Here I am.”

Genesis 48:10

Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. So Joseph brought them near him; and he kissed them and embraced them.

Psalm 42:7

Deep calls to deep at the thunder of thy cataracts; all thy waves and thy billows have gone over me.

Psalm 71:20

Thou who hast made me see many sore troubles wilt revive me again; from the depths of the earth thou wilt bring me up again.

Psalm 77:16

When the waters saw thee, O God, when the waters saw thee, they were afraid, yea, the deep trembled.

Psalm 90:10

The years of our life are threescore and ten, or even by reason of strength fourscore; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.

Isaiah 13:10

For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not give their light; the sun will be dark at its rising and the moon will not shed its light.

Isaiah 5:30

They will growl over it on that day, like the roaring of the sea. And if one look to the land, behold, darkness and distress; and the light is darkened by its clouds.

Joel 3:15

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

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 heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;

1 Samuel 3:2

At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see, was lying down in his own place;

1 Samuel 4:15

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

1 Samuel 4:18

When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell over backward from his seat by the side of the gate; and his neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man, and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.