Ecclesiastes 12:2 Parallel Translations

Remember your Creator before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars turn dark, and the clouds come back with rain.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:

ASV:

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

BBE:

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not dark, and the clouds come not back after the rain;

DBY:

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

ERV:

or ever the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, be darkened, and the clouds return after the rain:

JPS:

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

WBS:

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:

WEB:

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

YLT:

While that the sun is not darkened, and the light, And the moon, and the stars, And the thick clouds returned after the rain.

Ecclesiastes 12:2 Cross References

XREF:

Isaiah 5:30 And it will growl over it in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land, behold, there is darkness and distress; Even the light is darkened by its clouds.

Isaiah 13:10 For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light; The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light.

Ezekiel 32:7 "And when I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars; I will cover the sun with a cloud And the moon will not give its light.

Ezekiel 32:8 "All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you And will set darkness on your land," Declares the Lord GOD.

Joel 3:15 The sun and moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness.

Matthew 24:29 "But 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. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

12:2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not darkened, nor the {a} clouds return after the rain:
(a) Before you come to a continual misery: for when the clouds remain after the rain, man's grief is increased.

WES:

12:2 Which - Heb. While the sun, and the light, and the moon, and c. That clause, and the light, seems to be added to signify that he speaks of the darkening of the sun, and moon, and stars; not in themselves, but only in respect of that light which they afford to men. And therefore the same clause which is expressed after the sun, is to be understood after the moon and stars. And those expressions may be understood of the outward parts of the body, and especially of the face, the beauty of the countenance, the pleasant complexion of the cheeks, the liveliness of the eyes, which are compared to the sun, and moon, and stars, and which are obscured in old age, as the Chaldee paraphrast understands it. Or of external things, of the change of their joy, which they had in their youth, into sorrow, and manifold calamities, which are usually the companions of old age. This interpretation agrees both with the foregoing verse , in which he describes the miseries of old age, and with the following clause, which is added to explain those otherwise ambiguous expressions; and with the scripture use of this phrase; for a state of comfort and happiness is often described by the light of the sun, and a state of trouble is set forth, by the darkening of the light of the sun. Nor the clouds - This phrase denotes a perpetual succession of rain, and clouds bringing rain, and then rain and clouds again. Whereby he expresses either the rheums or destructions which incessantly flow in old men; or the continual vicissitude of infirmities, diseases, and griefs; one deep calling upon another.

MHC:

12:1-7 We should remember our sins against our Creator, repent, and seek forgiveness. We should remember our duties, and set about them, looking to him for grace and strength. This should be done early, while the body is strong, and the spirits active. When a man has the pain of reviewing a misspent life, his not having given up sin and worldly vanities till he is forced to say, I have no pleasure in them, renders his sincerity very questionable. Then follows a figurative description of old age and its infirmities, which has some difficulties; but the meaning is plain, to show how uncomfortable, generally, the days of old age are. As the four verses, 2-5, are a figurative description of the infirmities that usually accompany old age, ver. 6 notices the circumstances which take place in the hour of death. If sin had not entered into the world, these infirmities would not have been known. Surely then the aged should reflect on the evil of sin.

CONC:

Clouds Dark Darkened Grow Moon Rain Return Returned Stars Thick

Clouds Dark Darkened Grow Light Moon Rain Stars Sun Thick

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