Ecclesiastes 12:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 12:2 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Ecclesiastes 12:2 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Ecclesiastes 12:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;”
Ecclesiastes 12:2 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 12:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;”
Ecclesiastes 12:2 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 12:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“While that the sun is not darkened, and the light, And the moon, and the stars, And the thick clouds returned after the rain.”
Ecclesiastes 12:2 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 12:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, be darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;”
Ecclesiastes 12:2 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 12:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Whiles the sunne is not darke, nor ye light, nor the moone, nor the starres, nor the cloudes returne after the raine:”
Ecclesiastes 12:2 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 12:2 in Context — Ecclesiastes 12
1 Y ACUÉRDATE de tu Criador en los días de tu juventud, antes que vengan los malos días, y lleguen los años, de los cuales digas, No tengo en ellos contentamiento;
2 Antes que se oscurezca el sol, y la luz, y la luna y las estrellas, y las nubes se tornen tras la lluvia:
3 Cuando temblarán los guardas de la casa, y se encorvarán los hombres fuertes, y cesarán las muelas, porque han disminuído, y se oscurecerán los que miran por las ventanas;
4 Y las puertas de afuera se cerrarán, por la bajeza de la voz de la muela; y levantaráse á la voz del ave, y todas las hijas de canción serán humilladas;
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What Does Ecclesiastes 12:2 Mean?
Romans 12:2 — 'And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God' — is one of the most important verses on Christian identity and sanctification in the New Testament. The command has two sides: a negative (stop being conformed) and a positive (be transformed). 'Conformed' (Greek: syschematizesthe) describes being squeezed into a mold — the shape of the surrounding culture, its values, its fears, its definitions of success, beauty, and meaning. 'Transformed' (Greek: metamorphousthe — where we get 'metamorphosis') describes a deep, organic change from within. The agent of transformation is the renewing of the mind — not willpower, not mere behavior modification, but the complete renovation of how one thinks. This happens through the Word of God (Psalm 119:11), through prayer (Philippians 4:7), through the work of the Holy Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:18). The goal is the proven experience of God's will — 'that ye may prove' implies a testing, a discerning, a living out of what God's will actually is. Romans 12:2 is the foundation of the Christian life as described in chapters 12-15: the renewed mind that produces the transformed life.
Ecclesiastes 12:2 is from the Book of Ecclesiastes (Old Testament), chapter 12. Available translations: King James Version (1611), World English Bible (2000), American Standard Version (1901), Young's Literal Translation (1862), Darby Translation (1890), Geneva Bible (1599). Read Ecclesiastes 12 in full context →
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