Before the1 difficult days come,
And the years draw near bwhen you say,
“I have no pleasure in them”:
The moon and the stars,
Are not darkened,
And the clouds do not return after the rain;
And the strong men bow down;
When the grinders cease because they are few,
And those that look through the windows grow dim;
And the sound of grinding is low;
When one rises up at the sound of a bird,
And all athe daughters of music are brought low.
And of terrors in the way;
When the almond tree blossoms,
The grasshopper is a burden,
And desire fails.
For man goes to ahis eternal home,
And bthe mourners go about the streets.
Or the golden bowl is broken,
Or the pitcher shattered at the fountain,
Or the wheel broken at the well.
| << Ecclesiastes 12:1 | Ecclesiastes 12:3 >> |
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.
New English Translation
before the sun and the light1 of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear2 after the rain;
| << Ecclesiastes 12:1 | Ecclesiastes 12:3 >> |
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