Ecclesiastes 12:2 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
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;
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not dark, and the clouds come not back after the rain;
Darby English Bible (DBY)
before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, be darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;
World English Bible (WEB)
Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, And the clouds return after the rain;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
While that the sun is not darkened, and the light, And the moon, and the stars, And the thick clouds returned after the rain.
| While | עַ֠ד | ʿad | ad |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾăšer | uh-SHER | |
| the sun, | לֹֽא | lōʾ | loh |
| light, the or | תֶחְשַׁ֤ךְ | teḥšak | tek-SHAHK |
| or the moon, | הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ | haššemeš | ha-SHEH-MESH |
| stars, the or | וְהָא֔וֹר | wĕhāʾôr | veh-ha-ORE |
| be not | וְהַיָּרֵ֖חַ | wĕhayyārēaḥ | veh-ha-ya-RAY-ak |
| darkened, | וְהַכּוֹכָבִ֑ים | wĕhakkôkābîm | veh-ha-koh-ha-VEEM |
| clouds the nor | וְשָׁ֥בוּ | wĕšābû | veh-SHA-voo |
| return | הֶעָבִ֖ים | heʿābîm | heh-ah-VEEM |
| after | אַחַ֥ר | ʾaḥar | ah-HAHR |
| the rain: | הַגָּֽשֶׁם׃ | haggāšem | ha-ɡA-shem |