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Ecclesiastes 11:5
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 11:5
New International Version
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- Ecclesiastes 11:5 Or know how life (or the spirit) / enters the body being formed
Ecclesiastes 11:5
King James Version
Ecclesiastes 11:5
King James Version
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.
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Ecclesiastes 11:5
New Living Translation
Ecclesiastes 11:5
New Living Translation
5 Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind or the mystery of a tiny baby growing in its mother’s womb,[a] so you cannot understand the activity of God, who does all things.
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- 11:5 Some manuscripts read Just as you cannot understand how breath comes to a tiny baby in its mother’s womb.
Ecclesiastes 11:5
English Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 11:5
English Standard Version
5 As you do not know the way (A)the spirit comes to (B)the bones in the womb[a] of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.
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- Ecclesiastes 11:5 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Targum; most Hebrew manuscripts As you do not know the way of the wind, or how the bones grow in the womb
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