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Ecclesiastes 12:2

NETBible	before the sun and the light¹ of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear² after the rain;
NIV © biblegateway Ecc 12:2	before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain;
NASB © biblegateway Ecc 12:2	before the sun and the light, the moon and the stars are darkened, and clouds return after the rain;
NLT © biblegateway Ecc 12:2	It will be too late then to remember him, when the light of the sun and moon and stars is dim to your old eyes, and there is no silver lining left among the clouds.
MSG © biblegateway Ecc 12:2	Before your vision dims and the world blurs And the winter years keep you close to the fire.
BBE © SABDAweb Ecc 12:2	While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not dark, and the clouds come not back after the rain;
NRSV © bibleoremus Ecc 12:2	before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return with the rain;
NKJV © biblegateway Ecc 12:2	While the sun and the light, The moon and the stars, Are not darkened, And the clouds do not return after the rain;
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KJV	While the sun <08121>_, or the light <0216>_, or the moon <03394>_, or the stars <03556>_, be not darkened <02821> (8799)_, nor the clouds <05645> return <07725> (8804) after <0310> the rain <01653>_:
NASB © biblegateway Ecc 12:2	before <05704> <834> <03808> the sun <08121> and the light <0216> , the moon <03394> and the stars <03556> are darkened <02821> , and clouds <05645> return <07725> after <0310> the rain <01653> ;
LXXM	ewv <2193> ADV ou <3739> R-GSM mh <3165> ADV skotisyh <4654> V-APS-3S o <3588> T-NSM hliov <2246> N-NSM kai <2532> CONJ to <3588> T-NSN fwv <5457> N-NSN kai <2532> CONJ h <3588> T-NSF selhnh <4582> N-NSF kai <2532> CONJ oi <3588> T-NPM asterev <792> N-NPM kai <2532> CONJ epistreqwsin <1994> V-AAS-3P ta <3588> T-NPN nefh <3509> N-NPN opisw <3694> ADV tou <3588> T-GSM uetou <5205> N-GSM
NET [draft] ITL	before the sun <08121> and the light <0216> of the moon <03394> and the stars <03556> grow dark <02821> , and the clouds <05645> disappear <07725> after <0310> the rain <01653> ;
HEBREW	Msgh <01653> rxa <0310> Mybeh <05645> wbsw <07725> Mybkwkhw <03556> xryhw <03394> rwahw <0216> smsh <08121> Ksxt <02821> al <03808> rsa <0834> de (12:2) <05704>

NETBible

before the sun and the light¹ of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear² after the rain;

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “the light and the moon and the stars.” The phrase “the light and the moon” is a hendiadys (two separate terms denoting one idea) or perhaps even a hendiatris (three separate terms denoting one idea) for “the light of the moon and stars” (e.g., Gen 1:14).

²tn The verb שׁוּב (shuv, “to return”) here denotes “to desist” (HALOT 1430 s.v. שׁוּב 3). It pictures the disappearance of the clouds as a result of the precipitation of their contents.