[1]CastH7971[H8761]thy breadH3899uponH6440the watersH4325: for thou shalt findH4672[H8799]it after manyH7230daysH3117.[2]GiveH5414[H8798]a portionH2506to sevenH7651, and also to eightH8083; for thou knowestH3045[H8799]not what evilH7451shall be upon the earthH776.[3]If the cloudsH5645be fullH4390[H8735]of rainH1653, they emptyH7324[H8686]themselves upon the earthH776: and if the treeH6086fallH5307[H8799]toward the southH1864, or toward the northH6828, in the placeH4725where the treeH6086fallethH5307[H8799], there it shall beH1933.[H8799][4]He that observethH8104[H8802]the windH7307shall not sowH2232[H8799]; and he that regardethH7200[H8802]the cloudsH5645shall not reapH7114.[H8799][5]As thou knowestH3045[H8802]not what is the wayH1870of the spiritH7307, nor how the bonesH6106do grow in the wombH990of her that is with childH4392: even so thou knowestH3045[H8799]not the worksH4639of GodH430who makethH6213allH8799.[6]In the morningH1242sowH2232[H8798]thy seedH2233, and in the eveningH6153withholdH3240[H8686]not thine handH3027: for thou knowestH3045[H8802]not whetherH335shall prosperH3787[H8799], either this or that, or whether they bothH8147shall be alikeH259goodH2896.[7]Truly the lightH216is sweetH4966, and a pleasantH2896thing it is for the eyesH5869to beholdH7200[H8800]the sunH8121:[8]But if a manH120liveH2421[H8799]manyH7235[H8687]yearsH8141, and rejoiceH8055[H8799]in them all; yet let him rememberH2142[H8799]the daysH3117of darknessH2822; for they shall be manyH7235[H8687]. All that comethH935[H8804]is vanityH1892.[9]RejoiceH8055[H8798],O young manH970, in thy youthH3208; and let thy heartH3820cheerH2895[H8686]thee in the daysH3117of thy youthH979, and walkH1980[H8761]in the waysH1870of thine heartH3820, and in the sightH4758of thine eyesH5869: but knowH3045[H8798]thou, that for all these things GodH430will bringH935[H8686]thee into judgmentH4941.[10]Therefore removeH5493[H8685]sorrowH3708from thy heartH3820, and put awayH5674[H8685]evilH7451from thy fleshH1320: for childhoodH3208and youthH7839are vanityH1892.