Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The light is sweet, and a pleasant thing is it for the eyes to look upon 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!
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;
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 Cease not thou therefore with thy hands to sow thy seed, whether it be in the morning or in the evening: for then knowest not whether this or that shall prosper, and if they both take, it is the better. 7 The light is sweet, and a pleasant thing is it for the eyes to look upon the Sun. 8 If a man live many years, and be glad in them all, let him remember the days of darkness, which shall be many: And when they come, all things shall be but vanity.
Phrases
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 7:11
Wisdom is better than riches; yea, much more worth than the eyesight.
Job 33:28
Yea, he hath delivered my soul from destruction, and my life, that it seeth the light.'
Job 33:30
that he keepeth his soul from perishing, and letteth him enjoy the light of the living.
Psalm 56:13
For thou hast 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 the LORD God is a light and defense; the LORD will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life.
Proverbs 15:30
Like as the clearness of the eyes rejoiceth the heart; so doth a good name feed the bones.
Proverbs 29:13
The poor and the lender meet together; the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
Ecclesiastes 6:5
Moreover, he seeth not the Sun, and knoweth of no rest neither here nor there:
Matthew 5:45
that ye may be the children of your father that is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to arise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth his rain on the just and unjust.