The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
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Gill's Exposition
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart,.... Not so much the visive power, the faculty of seeing, a strong and clear eyesight; though this is a great mercy, and from the Lord, and to be prized, and…
Barnes' Notes
The light of the eyes - The brightness which shines in the eyes of one whose heart and face are alike full of joy. Such a look acts with a healing and quickening power. Compare Pro 16:15. A good…
Matthew Henry
Two things are here pronounced pleasant: - 1. It is pleasant to have a good prospect to see the light of the sun (Ecc 11:7) and by it to see the wonderful works of God, with which this lower world is…
Cambridge Bible
The light of the eyes This is sometimes understood to mean the beaming eyes of kindly regard with which others look upon us (comp. the phrase "the light of the countenance," Psa 4:6 [Hebrews 7]; Pro…
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