Ecclesiastes 11:7
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Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
In other translations
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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