Ecclesiastes 11:7

Sweet also [is] the light, || And good for the eyes to see the sun.

Literal Standard Version

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 your seed, || And at evening do not withdraw your hand, || For you do not know which is right, this or that, || Or whether both of them alike [are] good.

8But if man lives 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.

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Cross References

Job 33:30To bring back his soul from the pit, || To be enlightened with the light of the living.

Psalms 84:11For YHWH God [is] a sun and a shield, || YHWH gives grace and glory. He does not withhold good || To those walking in uprightness.

Proverbs 29:13The poor and the man of frauds have met together, || YHWH is enlightening the eyes of them both.

Ecclesiastes 7:11Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance, || And an advantage [it is] to those beholding the sun.

Matthew 5:45that you may be sons of your Father in the heavens, because He causes His sun to rise on evil and good, and He sends rain on righteous and unrighteous.

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 →

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