Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.
WEB
Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
YLT
Sweet also is the light, And good for the eyes to see the sun.
DBT
Now the light is sweet, and pleasant is it to the eyes to see the sun;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).