When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could not see, he called his elder son Esau and said to him, ‘My son.’ And he answered, ‘Here I am.’
Ecclesiastes 12:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised before the sun and the light are darkened, and the moon and the stars, and the clouds return after the rain; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 while the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened [sight is impaired], and the clouds [of depression] return after the rain [of tears]; American Standard Version (1901) before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain; Common English Bible before the sun and the light grow dark, the moon and the stars too, before the clouds return after the rain; Catholic Public Domain Version Before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars be darkened, and the clouds return after the rain: |
When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could not see, he called his elder son Esau and said to him, ‘My son.’ And he answered, ‘Here I am.’
Now his eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought them to him, and he kissed and embraced them.
Indeed, the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will not shine.
On that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. When one looks at the land, there will be darkness and distress; light will be obscured by clouds.
The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will cease their shining.
‘Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
One day Eli, whose eyesight was failing, was lying in his usual place.
At that time Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes didn’t move because he couldn’t see.
When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backwards off the chair by the city gate, and since he was old and heavy, his neck broke and he died. Eli had judged Israel for forty years.