He who watches the wind will not sow and he who looks at the clouds will not reap. Just as you do not (A)know [a]the path of the wind and (B)how bones are formed in the womb of the [b]pregnant woman, so you do not (C)know the activity of God who makes all things.

Sow your seed (D)in the morning and do not [c]be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether [d]morning or evening sowing will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 11:5 Or with many mss how the spirit enters the bones in the womb
  2. Ecclesiastes 11:5 Lit full
  3. Ecclesiastes 11:6 Lit let down your hand
  4. Ecclesiastes 11:6 Lit this or that