7Sweet also is the light, And good for the eyes to see the sun.


In Context

4 Whoso is observing the wind soweth not, And whoso is looking on the thick clouds reapeth not.

5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, How — bones in the womb of the full one, So thou knowest not the work of God who maketh the whole.

6 In the morning sow thy seed, And at even withdraw not thy hand, For thou knowest not which is right, this or that, Or whether both of them alike are good.

7 Sweet also is the light, And good for the eyes to see the sun.

8 But, if man liveth many years, In all of them let him rejoice, And remember the days of darkness, For they are many! all that is coming is vanity.

9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood, And let thy heart gladden thee in days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart, And in the sight of thine eyes, And know thou that for all these, Doth God bring thee into judgment.

Ecclesiastes 11:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:7Truly the light [is] sweet, and a pleasant [thing it is] for the eyes to behold the sun:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:7Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:7The light is sweet, and it is delightful for the eyes to see the sun.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:7Now the light is sweet, and pleasant is it to the eyes to see the sun;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:7Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:7Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:7Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the sun.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:7Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: