Ecclesiastes Chapter 11 verse 7 Holy Bible
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.
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Truly the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.
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Now the light is sweet, and pleasant is it to the eyes to see the sun;
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Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
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Truly the light is sweet, And a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the sun.
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Sweet also `is' the light, And good for the eyes to see the sun.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 7-9. - Section 17. The second remedy for the perplexities of the present life is cheerfulness - the spirit that enjoys the present, with a chastened regard to the future. Verse 7. - Truly the light is sweet. The verse begins with the copula ray, "and," which here notes merely transition, as Ecclesiastes 3:16; Ecclesiastes 12:9. Do not be perplexed, or despondent, or paralyzed in your work, by the difficulties that meet you. Confront them with a cheerful mien, and enjoy life while it lasts. "The light" may be taken literally, or as equivalent to life. The very light, with all that it unfolds, all that it beautifies, all that it quickens, is a pleasure; life is worth living, and affords high and merited enjoyment to the faithful worker. The commentators quote parallels Thus Euripides, 'Iph. in Aul.,' 1219 - Μή μ ἀπολέσῃς ἄωρον ἡδύ γὰρ τὸ φῶςΛεύσσειν τὰ δ ὐπὸ γῆν μή μ ἰδεῖν ἀναγκάσῃς"O slay me not untimely; for to seeThe light is sweet; and force me not to viewThe secrets of the nether world." Plumptre cites Theognis - Κείσομαι ὤστε λίθοςΑφθογγος λείψω δ ἐρατὸν φάος ἠελίοιο"Then shall I lie, as voiceless as a stone,And see no more the loved light of the sun." A pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun. To behold the sun is to enjoy life; for light, which is life, is derived from the sun. Virgil speaks of "coeli spirabile lumen" ('AEn.,' 3:600). Thus Homer, 'Od.,' 20:207 - Αἴ που ἔπι ζώει καὶ ὁρᾷ φάος ἠελίοιοΑἰ δ ἤδη τέθνηκε καὶ εἰν Αι'´δαο δόμοισιν. . . .
