before the sun and the light
    and the moon and the stars grow dark,
    and the clouds return after the rain;

Read full chapter

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:

Read full chapter

30 In that day(A) they will roar over it
    like the roaring of the sea.(B)
And if one looks at the land,
    there is only darkness(C) and distress;(D)
    even the sun will be darkened(E) by clouds.

Read full chapter

30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

Read full chapter

18 When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward off his chair by the side of the gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man, and he was heavy. He had led[a](A) Israel forty years.(B)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 4:18 Traditionally judged

18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

Read full chapter

15 who was ninety-eight years old and whose eyes(A) had failed so that he could not see.

Read full chapter

15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.

Read full chapter

When I snuff you out, I will cover the heavens
    and darken their stars;
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
    and the moon will not give its light.(A)
All the shining lights in the heavens
    I will darken(B) over you;
    I will bring darkness over your land,(C)
declares the Sovereign Lord.

Read full chapter

And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God.

Read full chapter

Remember Your Creator While Young

Light is sweet,
    and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.(A)
However many years anyone may live,
    let them enjoy them all.
But let them remember(B) the days of darkness,
    for there will be many.
    Everything to come is meaningless.

Read full chapter

Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:

But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

Read full chapter

16 The waters(A) saw you, God,
    the waters saw you and writhed;(B)
    the very depths were convulsed.

Read full chapter

16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.

Read full chapter

20 Though you have made me see troubles,(A)
    many and bitter,
    you will restore(B) my life again;
from the depths of the earth(C)
    you will again bring me up.

Read full chapter

20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

Read full chapter

Deep calls to deep(A)
    in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
    have swept over me.(B)

Read full chapter

Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

Read full chapter

One night Eli, whose eyes(A) were becoming so weak that he could barely see,(B) was lying down in his usual place.

Read full chapter

And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;

Read full chapter

10 Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of old age, and he could hardly see.(A) So Joseph brought his sons close to him, and his father kissed them(B) and embraced them.(C)

Read full chapter

10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

Read full chapter

27 When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see,(A) he called for Esau his older son(B) and said to him, “My son.”

“Here I am,” he answered.

Read full chapter

27 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.

Read full chapter