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Ecclesiastes 11 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Ecc 11:1

Ecc 11:1Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.

Ecc 11:2

Ecc 11:2Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you know not what evil may happen on earth.

Ecc 11:3

Ecc 11:3If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.

Ecc 11:4

Ecc 11:4He who observes the wind will not sow; and he who regards the clouds will not reap.

Ecc 11:5

Ecc 11:5As you do not know how the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.

Ecc 11:6

Ecc 11:6In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand; for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.

Ecc 11:7

Ecc 11:7Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to behold the sun.

Ecc 11:8

Ecc 11:8For if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity.

Ecc 11:9

Ecc 11:9Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Ecc 11:10

Ecc 11:10Remove vexation from your mind, and put away pain from your body; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
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