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Ecclesiastes 12:2

before the sun and the light

and the moon and the stars grow dark,

and the clouds return after the rain;

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Ecclesiastes 12:2 — English Standard Version (ESV)

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

Ecclesiastes 12:2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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

Ecclesiastes 12:2 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Remember him before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is dim to your old eyes, and rain clouds continually darken your sky.

Ecclesiastes 12:2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

While the sun and the light,

The moon and the stars,

Are not darkened,

And the clouds do not return after the rain;

Ecclesiastes 12:2 — New Century Version (NCV)

When you get old,

the light from the sun, moon, and stars will grow dark;

the rain clouds will never seem to go away.

Ecclesiastes 12:2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Ecclesiastes 12:2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Ecclesiastes 12:2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Remember your Creator before the sun, the light, the moon, 

and the stars turn dark, ⸤and⸥ the clouds come back with rain. 

Ecclesiastes 12:2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

before the sun and the light are darkened,

and the moon and the stars,

and the clouds return after the rain;

Ecclesiastes 12:2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

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

Ecclesiastes 12:2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars darken

and the clouds return after the rain.

Ecclesiastes 12:2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

That’s when the sunlight will become dark.

The moon and the stars will also grow dark.

And the clouds will return after it rains.

Ecclesiastes 12:2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

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


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