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:
Cross-references
Ecclesiastes 12:3 continues the same allegory of aging — trembling keepers and grinding teeth extend the darkening imagery.
Ecclesiastes 11:7 celebrates the sweetness of light — the very thing darkened in 12:2, highlighting youth's fleeting joy.
Ecclesiastes 11:8 advises rejoicing while remembering coming darkness — directly aligning with the call to act before light fades.
In Genesis 48:10, Israel's eyes are dim with age — a literal parallel to the darkening of lights here.
In 1 Samuel 3:2, Eli's eyes grow dim with age — directly echoing the darkening imagery in this verse.
In 1 Samuel 4:15, Eli is blind from old age — a literal fulfillment of the darkened lights metaphor.
In Psalm 90:10, life's brevity and trouble are described — directly parallel to the darkening imagery of old age here.
In Genesis 27:1, Isaac's dim eyes illustrate the physical decline that 12:2 describes metaphorically as darkened light.
In Jeremiah 13:16, God brings darkness as judgment — a parallel metaphor but different cause than the natural dimming here.