Ecclesiastes 11:5-6

New International Version

⁵As you do not know the path of the wind,^(A)
or how the body is formed^[a] in a mother’s womb,^(B)
so you cannot understand the work of God,
the Maker of all things.

⁶Sow your seed in the morning,
    and at evening let your hands not be idle,^(C)
for you do not know which will succeed,
    whether this or that,
    or whether both will do equally well.

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Footnotes

Ecclesiastes 11:5 Or know how life (or the spirit) / enters the body being formed

Ecclesiastes 11:5-6

King James Version

⁵As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

⁶In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

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Ecclesiastes 11:5-6

New King James Version

⁵As ^(A)you do not know what is the way of the ^[a]wind,
^(B)Or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child,
So you do not know the works of God who makes everything.
⁶In the morning sow your seed,
And in the evening do not withhold your hand;
For you do not know which will prosper,
Either this or that,
Or whether both alike will be good.