Ecclesiastes 11:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁷ Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to behold 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 into the Pit, and my life shall see the light.’

Job 33:30

to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may see the light of life.

Psalm 56:13

For thou hast delivered my soul from death, yea, my feet from falling, 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 bones.

Proverbs 29:13

The poor man and the oppressor meet together; 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 after 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 good with an inheritance, an advantage to those who see the sun.

Matthew 5:45

so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.