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| [1]Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days. |
[1]Cast thy bread upon the waters: for after many days thou shalt find it. |
| [2]Divide a portion into seven, yea, even into eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. |
[2]Give a portion to seven, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. |
| [3]If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall in the south, or in the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be. |
[3]If the clouds be full, they will pour forth rain upon the earth: and if the tree do fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place that the tree falleth, there it shall be. |
| [4]He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he the regardeth the clouds shall not reap. |
[4]He that observeth the wind, shall not sow, and he that regardeth the clouds, shall not reap. |
| [5]As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all things. |
[5]As thou knowest not which is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: so thou knowest not the work of God that worketh all. |
| [6]In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. |
[6]In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening let not thine hand rest: for thou knowest not whither shall prosper, this or that, or whether both shall be a like good. |
| [7]And the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun. |
[7]Surely the light is a pleasant thing: and it is a good thing to the eyes to see the sun. |
| [8]For if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. all that cometh is vanity. |
[8]Though a man live many years, and in them all he rejoice, yet he shall remember the days of darkness, because they are many, all that cometh is vanity. |
| [9]Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. |
[9]Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thine heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth: and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know that for all these things, God will bring thee to judgment. |
| [10]Therefore remove vexation from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for childhood and youth are vanity. |
[10]Therefore take away grief out of thine heart, and cause evil to depart from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity. |