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Excerpted from: Ecclesiastes and the Feast of Tabernacles (Part 2)I think that it is very likely that the word wind is not properly translated. It should be translated "spirit." The word spirit fits with what the context is in verse 5. "How the bones grow in the womb." What is he talking about here? It is an illustration from Solomon of how ignorant mankind is regarding even something so close as the child in the womb.
Which of you, within the sound of my voice, knows when the spirit in man is given? I do not think that is something that God has revealed in His word. Is it at conception or is it when the child takes its first breath? That is what he is talking about here. Solomon did not know either.
He uses that as an illustration that there is much in life that we do not know. He is showing that there is an element to life in which we must throw our whole trust to God's manifold wisdom and care of each of His creatures, because we do not know what He has in mind with His purpose. His purpose—that is the key.
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