Parallel Verses
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!
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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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 thine hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, either this or that or whether they both shall be equally good.
7 The light is pleasant, and it is good for the eyes to
Phrases
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 7:11
Knowledge is good with an inheritance and is the excellency of those that see the sun.
Job 33:28
God will ransom his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
Job 33:30
to turn back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
Psalm 56:13
For thou hast delivered my life from death; thou hast kept my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.
Psalm 84:11
For the LORD God is a sun and shield unto us; the LORD will give grace and glory; he will not withhold good from those that walk uprightly.
Proverbs 15:30
The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and a good report makes the bones fat.
Proverbs 29:13
The poor and the usurer meet together; the LORD lightens both their eyes.
Ecclesiastes 6:5
Even though he has not seen the sun nor known any thing; this one has more rest than the other.
Matthew 5:45
that ye may be sons of your Father who is in the heavens, for he makes his sun to rise on the evil and on the good and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.