Verse Comparison: Ecclesiastes 12:2
American Standard Version
before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;
Amplified® Bible
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];
Contemporary English Version
Someday the light of the sun and the moon and the stars will all seem dim to you. Rain clouds will remain over your head.
Darby English Version
before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, be darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;
Good News Bible
That is when the light of the sun, the moon, and the stars will grow dim for you, and the rain clouds will never pass away.
King James Version
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
New American Standard Bible
before the sun and the light, the moon and the stars are darkened, and clouds return after the rain;
New International Version
before the sun and the light
and the moon and the stars grow dark,
and the clouds return after the rain;
New King James Version
While the sun and the light,
The moon and the stars,
Are not darkened,
And the clouds do not return after the rain;
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
before the sun and the light, the moon and the stars become dark, and clouds return after the rain;
Revised Standard Version
before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain;
Young's Literal Translation
While that the sun is not darkened, and the light, And the moon, and the stars, And the thick clouds returned after the rain.
