11:1 Cast your bread upon the waters; for you shall find it after many days. |
11:2 Give a share to seven, and also to eight; for you know not what evil shall be upon the earth. |
11:3 If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if the tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it shall be. |
11:4 He who watches the wind shall not sow; and he who regards the clouds shall not reap. |
11:5 As you do not know what is the way of the spirit, or how the bones grow in the pregnant woman's womb; even so you do not know the works of God Who makes all. |
11:6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand; for you do not know what shall be blessed, either this or that, or whether they both shall be fruitful in the same way. |
11:7 And the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to behold the sun; |
11:8 But if a man lives many years, and rejoices in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity. |
11:9 Rejoice, in your youth, O young man; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. |
11:10 Therefore remove vexation from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and vigor are vanity. |