Ecclesiastes 11:7

In 11 translations

BSB

Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.

KJV

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

WEB

Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun.

ASV

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

LSV

Sweet also [is] the light, || And good for the eyes to see the sun.

YLT

Sweet also [is] the light, And good for the eyes to see the sun.

DBY

Now the light is sweet, and pleasant is it to the eyes to see the sun;

DRC

The light is sweet, and it is delightful for the eyes to see the sun.

GNV

Surely the light is a pleasant thing: and it is a good thing to the eyes to see the sunne.

JPS

And the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.

LXXE

Moreover the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

וּמָת֖וֹק הָא֑וֹר וְט֥וֹב לַֽעֵינַ֖יִם לִרְא֥וֹת אֶת־הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ γλυκὺ τὸ φῶς, καὶ ἀγαθὸν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς τοῦ βλέπειν σὺν τὸν ἥλιον.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ecclesiastes 7:11Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.
• Matthew 5:45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
• Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
• Proverbs 15:30The light of the eyes cheers the heart, and good news nourishes the bones.
• Job 33:30to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
• Proverbs 29:13The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.
• Job 33:28He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
• Ecclesiastes 6:5The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,
• Psalms 56:13For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

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