Ecclesiastes 11:7 “Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.”

Ecclesiastes 11:7

Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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 it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Surely the light is a pleasant thing: and it is a good thing to the eyes to see the sunne.

Darby Translation

Now the light is sweet, and pleasant is it to the eyes to see the sun;

Young's Literal Translation

Sweet also [is] the light, And 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.

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Cross references

“the light”

Proverbs 15:30 Job 33:30 Proverbs 29:13 Job 33:28 Psalm 56:13

Proverbs 15:30 · BSB

The light of the eyes cheers the heart, and good news nourishes the bones.

Job 33:30 · BSB

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

Proverbs 29:13 · BSB

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

Job 33:28 · BSB

He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’

Psalm 56:13 · BSB

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

“a pleasant”

Ecclesiastes 7:11 Matthew 5:45 Psalm 84:11

Ecclesiastes 7:11 · BSB

Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.

Matthew 5:45 · BSB

that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Psalm 84:11 · BSB

For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.

Also

Ecclesiastes 6:5

Ecclesiastes 6:5 · BSB

The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.

8So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.

Read Ecclesiastes 11