Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see 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;
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.
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 your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand; for you do not know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good. 7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the sun. 8 Yes, 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. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
Job 33:28
He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life shall see 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 you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented 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 a shield. The LORD will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
Proverbs 15:30
The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news gives health to the bones.
Proverbs 29:13
The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives sight to the eyes of both.
Ecclesiastes 6:5
Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.
Matthew 5:45
that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.