Ecclesiastes 11:7
Ecclesiastes chapter 11 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.
Context
v.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.
v.7This passage
v.8Yea, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 5:45
that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.
- Ecclesiastes 7:11
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance; yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 6:5
moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath rest rather than the other:
- Proverbs 15:30
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart; Andgood tidings make the bones fat.
- Psalms 84:11
For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
- Psalms 56:13
For thou hast delivered my soul from death: Hast thou not delivered my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living?