Ecclesiastes 11:7
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
KJV
Dulce lumen, et delectabile est oculis videre solem.
Vulgate
καὶ γλυκὺ τὸ φῶς, καὶ ἀγαθὸν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς τοῦ βλέπειν σὺν τὸν ἥλιον.
LXX
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.
ASV
וּ/מָת֖וֹק הָ/א֑וֹר וְ/ט֥וֹב לַֽ/עֵינַ֖יִם לִ/רְא֥וֹת אֶת הַ/שָּֽׁמֶשׁ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
א֣וֹר
'vr
noun · 120×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
מָת֥וֹק
mtvq
adjective · 12×
שָּֽׁמֶשׁ
shmsh
noun · 132×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 2:13 — Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
- Eccl 6:5 — Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
- Eccl 7:11 — Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
- Eccl 7:11 — Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
- Eccl 12:2 — While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
- Gen 1:4 — And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
- Job 33:28 — He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
- Job 33:30 — To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
- Matt 5:45 — That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
- Prov 15:30 — The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
- Prov 15:30 — The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
- Prov 29:13 — The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
- Ps 56:13 — For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
- Ps 84:11 — For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.