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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

6In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

8but if a man live many years, [and] rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many: all that cometh is vanity.

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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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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