Parallel Verses
Amplified
The light is sweet and pleasant, and it is good 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.
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 Sow your seed in the morning and do not be idle with your hands in the evening, for you do not know whether morning or evening planting will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both alike will be good. 7 The light is sweet and pleasant, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun. 8 Yes, if a man should live many years, let him rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that is to come will be futility.
Phrases
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 7:11
Wisdom along with an inheritance is good
And an [excellent] advantage for those who see the sun.
Job 33:28
‘God has redeemed my life from going to the pit [of destruction],
And my life shall see the light.’”
Job 33:30
To bring his life back from the pit [of destruction],
That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
Psalm 56:13
For You have rescued my soul from death,
Yes, and my feet from stumbling,
So that I may walk before God
In the light of life.
Psalm 84:11
For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
The Lord bestows grace and favor and honor;
No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
Proverbs 15:30
The light of the eyes rejoices the hearts of others,
And good news puts fat on the bones.
Proverbs 29:13
The poor man and the oppressor have this in common:
The Lord gives light to the eyes of both.
Ecclesiastes 6:5
It has not seen the sun nor had any knowledge; yet it has more rest and is better off than he.
Matthew 5:45