King James Version
Ecclesiastes 12:2 in the King James Version says “While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:” — study this verse from Ecclesiastes chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, the grinders: or, the grinders fail, because they grind little
And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
KJV Study — Public Domain
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“While the sun”
H8121the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e., (architectural) a notched battlement
“or the light”
H216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
“return”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“nor the clouds”
H5645properly, an envelope, i.e., darkness (or density, 2 chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
“after”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
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