Ecclesiastes 12:2
About the book Ecclesiastes Trend of this verse since 2000
Bible text
Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;
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Statistics
- 2 Uses? Every use that covers this verse, also through a reference to its whole chapter.
- 2 Uses naming the verse? As in the Top 100: only uses that name this verse.
- #10,223 Rank? Rank 10,223 of 19,199 verses named in at least one use; tied verses share a rank.
- mapped Mapping? Position 17,650 in the sequence Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering), Old Testament
2 of the uses are a lower bound (repetitions not known exactly).
Persons in this verse
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Topics of this verse
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Numbering in the versification systems?
Bible editions number some verses differently. This verse has the following labels; labels that differ from the one shown above are marked.
Sources that cite this verse?
Uses?
2 approved public uses (data: Official), newest first.
- Date
- Jan 1, 1221 – Dec 31, 1274
- Cited as
- Ecclesiastes 12:2
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on Ecclesiastes, Chapter
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Bonaventure
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 340 – Dec 31, 425
- Cited as
- Ecclesiastes 12:2
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on Ecclesiastes
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Jerome
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
How this was computed – counting rule: Every covered verse (baseline) / Named verses only; data: Official; as of Nov 9, 2026, 11:15 AM UTC
Neutral key: nrf1:ECC.012.002
- Metric
- Verse-level uses: every citation adds one for each verse it covers, under the counting rule. A citation of three verses adds 3. (definition)
- Counting rule
- Every covered verse (baseline) The baseline rule: every mention of every verse counts; a chapter or a range counts once for each verse it covers, and an unknown repetition counts as one. (definition) – uses; references to a whole chapter count for each of its verses
Named verses only Like the baseline rule, but only references that name verses count; whole chapters and books are left out. The Top 100 verses use it, so a chapter reference does not lift every verse of the chapter. (definition) – uses naming the verse (owner decision P5); the basis of the Top 100 and of the rank - Profile
- Official The official profile of every public number: only reviewed and approved entries whose evidence quality is high enough. (definition) – reviewed and approved data only
- Epoch
- 124, published Nov 9, 2026, 11:15 AM UTC (provisional)
- Sequence
- Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering)
prot66.nrf, mapping release R8 - Rank
- As in the Top 100: uses naming the verse, highest first, over the verses named at least once; tied verses share a rank.
- Uses
- Approved public uses of the data shown, with at least one cited passage on these verses. The list follows the current approved data; the numbers are those of the epoch.
Live numbers are recomputed every 15 minutes and are provisional until a data release is frozen. The Bible text is shown for reading only; it is never counted. How we count Glossary