Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
How sweet is the daylight, and how pleasant it is for someone's eyes to behold the sunshine!
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.
A Conservative Version
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.
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.
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References
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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 Sow your seed in the morning, and don't stop working until evening, since you don't know which of your endeavors will do well, whether this one or that, or even if both will do equally well. 7 How sweet is the daylight, and how pleasant it is for someone's eyes to behold the sunshine! 8 Even if a person lives many years, let him enjoy them all, recalling that there will be many days of darkness to come all of which are pointless.
Phrases
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 7:11
Wise use of possessions is good; it brings benefit to the living.
Job 33:28
He has redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit; my life will see the light.'
Job 33:30
to bring back his soul from the Pit; to light him with the light of life."
Psalm 56:13
For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, so that I may walk before God in the light of the living! To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Do Not Destroy," when he fled from Saul into a cave.
Psalm 84:11
For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD grants grace and favor; the LORD will not withhold any good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
Proverbs 15:30
Bright eyes encourage the heart; good news nourishes the body.
Proverbs 29:13
The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: the LORD gave them both eyes with which to see.
Ecclesiastes 6:5
Furthermore, though they never saw the sun nor learned anything, they are more content than the other.
Matthew 5:45
so that you will become children of your Father in heaven, because he makes his sun rise on both evil and good people, and he lets rain fall on the righteous and the unrighteous.