Sow your seed (A)in the morning and do not [a]be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether [b]one or the other will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 11:6 Lit let down your hand
  2. Ecclesiastes 11:6 Lit this or that

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

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11 not lagging behind in diligence, (A)fervent in spirit, (B)serving the Lord;

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11 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor,(A) serving the Lord.

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23 Whatever you do, do your work [a]heartily, (A)as for the Lord and not for people,

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 3:23 Lit from the soul

23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,

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