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Youth and Old Age

Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.(A)

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Remember Your Creator While Young

Light is sweet,
    and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.(A)

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11 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance,
    an advantage to those who see the sun.(A)

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11 Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing(A)
    and benefits those who see the sun.(B)

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45 so that you may be children of your Father in heaven, for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.(A)

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45 that you may be children(A) of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.(B)

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30 The light of the eyes rejoices the heart,
    and good news refreshes the body.

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30 Light in a messenger’s eyes brings joy to the heart,
    and good news gives health to the bones.(A)

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11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
    he bestows favor and honor.
No good thing does the Lord withhold
    from those who walk uprightly.(A)

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11 For the Lord God is a sun(A) and shield;(B)
    the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold(C)
    from those whose walk is blameless.

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13 The poor and the oppressor have this in common:
    the Lord gives light to the eyes of both.(A)

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13 The poor and the oppressor have this in common:
    The Lord gives sight to the eyes of both.(A)

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30 to bring back their souls from the Pit,
    so that they may see the light of life.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 33.30 Syr: Heb to be lighted with the light of life

30 to turn them back(A) from the pit,(B)
    that the light of life(C) may shine on them.(D)

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moreover, it has not seen the sun or known anything, yet it finds rest rather than he.

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Though it never saw the sun or knew anything, it has more rest than does that man—

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13 For you have delivered my soul from death
    and my feet from falling,
so that I may walk before God
    in the light of life.(A)

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13 For you have delivered me from death(A)
    and my feet from stumbling,
that I may walk before God
    in the light of life.(B)

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28 He has redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit,
    and my life shall see the light.’(A)

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28 God has delivered(A) me from going down to the pit,(B)
    and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’(C)

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