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Ecclesiastes 11:7

NETBible	Light¹ is sweet,² and it is pleasant for a person³ to see the sun.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Ecc 11:7	Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
NASB © biblegateway Ecc 11:7	The light is pleasant, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.
NLT © biblegateway Ecc 11:7	Light is sweet; it’s wonderful to see the sun!
MSG © biblegateway Ecc 11:7	Oh, how sweet the light of day, And how wonderful to live in the sunshine!
BBE © SABDAweb Ecc 11:7	Truly the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.
NRSV © bibleoremus Ecc 11:7	Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.
NKJV © biblegateway Ecc 11:7	Truly the light is sweet, And it is pleasant for the eyes to behold the sun;
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KJV	Truly the light <0216> [is] sweet <04966>_, and a pleasant <02896> [thing it is] for the eyes <05869> to behold <07200> (8800) the sun <08121>_:
NASB © biblegateway Ecc 11:7	The light <0216> is pleasant <04966> , and it is good <02896> for the eyes <05869> to see <07200> the sun <08121> .
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ gluku <1099> A-NSN to <3588> T-NSN fwv <5457> N-NSN kai <2532> CONJ agayon <18> A-NSN toiv <3588> T-DPM ofyalmoiv <3788> N-DPM tou <3588> T-GSN blepein <991> V-PAN sun <4862> PREP ton <3588> T-ASM hlion <2246> N-ASM
NET [draft] ITL	Light <0216> is sweet <04966> , and it is pleasant <02896> for a person <05869> to see <07200> the sun <08121> .
HEBREW	smsh <08121> ta <0853> twarl <07200> Mynyel <05869> bwjw <02896> rwah <0216> qwtmw (11:7) <04966>

NETBible

Light¹ is sweet,² and it is pleasant for a person³ to see the sun.⁴

NET Notes

¹tn The term “light” (הָאוֹר, ha’or) is used figuratively (metonymy of association) in reference to “life” (e.g., Job 3:20; 33:30; Ps 56:14). By contrast, death is described as “darkness” (e.g., Eccl 11:8; 12:6-7).

²tn The Hebrew term מָתוֹק (matoq, “sweet”) is often used elsewhere in reference to honey. The point is that life is sweet and should be savored like honey.

³tn Heb “to the eyes.” The term “eyes” is a synecdoche of part (i.e., eyes) for the whole person. Used with the idiom “to see the sun” (i.e., to be alive), Qoheleth is simply saying that the experience of a life is a pleasant thing that should be savored.

⁴tn The idiom “to see the sun” (both רָאָה הָשָּׁמֶשׁ, ra’ah hashamesh, and חָזָה הַשָּׁמֶשׁ, khazah hashamesh) is an idiom meaning “to be alive” (e.g., Ps 58:9; Eccl 6:5; 7:11; 11:7); cf. BDB 1039 s.v. שֶׁמֶשׁ 4.b. The opposite idiom, “the sun is darkened,” refers to the onset of old age and death (Eccl 12:2).