before (A)the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain,

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30 They will growl over it on that day,
    like the growling of the sea.
And if one looks to the land,
    behold, (A)darkness and distress;
and the light is darkened by its clouds.

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18 As soon as he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell over backward (A)from his seat by the side of the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.

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15 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old (A)and his eyes were set so that he could not see.

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(A)When I blot you out, (B)I will cover the heavens
    and make their stars dark;
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
    and the moon shall not give its light.
All the bright lights of heaven
    will I make dark over you,
    and (C)put darkness on your land,
declares the Lord God.

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Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to (A)see the sun.

So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember (B)that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is (C)vanity.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 11:8 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also verse 10 (see note on 1:2)

16 When (A)the waters saw you, O God,
    when the waters saw you, they were afraid;
    indeed, the deep trembled.

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20 You who have (A)made me see many troubles and calamities
    will (B)revive me again;
from the depths of the earth
    you will bring me up again.

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

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At that time Eli, (A)whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his own place.

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10 Now (A)the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. So Joseph brought them near him, (B)and he kissed them and embraced them.

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Isaac Blesses Jacob

27 When Isaac was old and (A)his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son”; and he answered, “Here I am.”

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