Ecclesiastes 11:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.

Common English Bible

⁷ Sweet is the light, and it’s pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Light is pleasant, and it is delightful for the eyes to see the sun.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ The light is sweet, and it is delightful for the eyes to see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 11:7 Cross References

Job 33:28

He has redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and my life shall see the light.’

Job 33:30

to bring back their souls from the Pit, so that they may see the light of life.

Psalm 56:13

For you have delivered my soul from death and my feet from falling, so that I may walk before God in the light of life.

Psalm 84:11

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the Lord withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Proverbs 15:30

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and good news refreshes the body.

Proverbs 29:13

The poor and the oppressor have this in common: the Lord gives light to the eyes of both.

Ecclesiastes 12:2

before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return with the rain;

Ecclesiastes 6:5

moreover, it has not seen the sun or known anything, yet it finds rest rather than he.

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, an advantage to those who see the sun.

Matthew 5:45

so that you may be children of your Father in heaven, for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.