Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.
New American Standard Bible
The light is pleasant, and it is good for the eyes to
King James Version
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
Holman Bible
and it is pleasing for the eyes to see the sun.
International Standard Version
How sweet is the daylight, and how pleasant it is for someone's eyes to behold the sunshine!
American Standard Version
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.
Amplified
The light is sweet and pleasant, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.
Bible in Basic English
Truly the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.
Darby Translation
Now the light is sweet, and pleasant is it to the eyes to see the sun;
Julia Smith Translation
And the light is sweet, and good to the eyes to see the sun:
King James 2000
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
Lexham Expanded Bible
The light is sweet, and it [is] pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.
Modern King James verseion
Also the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The light is sweet, and a pleasant thing is it for the eyes to look upon the Sun.
NET Bible
Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for a person to see the sun.
New Heart English Bible
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the sun.
The Emphasized Bible
Truly sweet is the light, - and, pleasant to the eyes, to see the sun:
Webster
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
World English Bible
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the sun.
Youngs Literal Translation
Sweet also is the light, And good for the eyes to see the sun.
Interlinear
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References
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 11:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Enjoy Life To The Fullest Within The Auspices Of The Fear Of God
6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand, for thou know not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. 7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun. 8 Yea, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
Phrases
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 7:11
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, yea, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
Job 33:28
He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall behold the light.
Job 33:30
to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
Psalm 56:13
For thou have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.
Psalm 84:11
For LORD God is a sun and a shield. LORD will give grace and glory. He will withhold no good thing from those who walk uprightly.
Proverbs 15:30
The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news make the bones fat.
Proverbs 29:13
The poor man and the oppressor meet together. LORD enlightens the eyes of them both.
Ecclesiastes 6:5
Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it, this [one] has rest rather than the other.
Matthew 5:45
so that ye may become sons of your Father in the heavens, because he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and makes rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.