Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Ecclesiastes 11:7
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Light is sweet, and it pleases 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 it is a pleasant thing for 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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Ecclesiastes 11
5 As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
6 Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
7 Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
8 So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
9 Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
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