ecclesiastes 12:2 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 before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and clouds return after the rain;

2. Illustrating "the evil days" (Jer 13:16). "Light," "sun," &c., express prosperity; "darkness," pain and calamity (Isa 13:10; 30:26).
clouds . . . after . . . rain--After rain sunshine (comfort) might be looked for, but only a brief glimpse of it is given, and the gloomy clouds (pains) return.

ecclesiastes 12:2 before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and clouds return after the rain;

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