11:1 Send forth thy bread upon the face of
the water: for thou shalt find it after many days.
11:2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what
evil there shall be upon the earth.
11:3 If the clouds be filled with rain, they pour [it] out upon the earth:
and if a tree fall southward, or if it fall northward, in the place where
the tree shall fall, there it shall be.
11:4 He that observes the wind sows not; and he that looks at the clouds
will not reap.
11:5 Among whom none knows what is the way of the wind: as the bones [are
hid] in the womb of a pregnant [woman], so thou shalt not know the works of
God, [even] all things whatsoever he shall do.
11:6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening let not thine hand be
slack: for thou knowest not what sort shall prosper whether this or that, or
whether both shall be good alike.
11:7 Moreover the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the
sun.
11:8 For even if a man should live many years, [and] rejoice in them all;
yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that
comes is vanity.
11:9 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 blameless, but not in
the sight of thine eyes: yet know that for all these things God will bring
thee into judgement.
11:10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy
flesh: for youth and folly are vanity. |
11:1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for
thou shalt find it after many days.
11:2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what
evil shall be upon the earth.
11:3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth:
and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place
where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
11:4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the
clouds shall not reap.
11:5 As 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.
11:6 In 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.
11:7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to
behold the sun:
11:8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him
remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is
vanity.
11:9 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 thine heart, and in the sight of
thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee
into judgment.
11:10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy
flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity. |