Ecclesiastes 11:7
Now the light is sweet, and pleasant is it to the eyes to see the sun;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
In Context
Cross References
Job 33:30To bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
Psalms 84:11For Jehovah Elohim is a sun and shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Proverbs 29:13The indigent and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.
Ecclesiastes 7:11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and profitable to them that see the sun.
Matthew 5:45that ye may be [the] sons of your Father who is in [the] heavens; for he makes his sun rise on evil and good, and sends rain on just and unjust.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 11:2-7
The Obligations to Be Liberal; Answers to Objections against Liberality. 1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. 3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. 4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall… Read the whole commentary →