Give a portion to seven, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

If the [a]clouds be full, they will pour forth rain upon the earth: and if the [b]tree do fall toward the South, or toward the North, in the place that the tree falleth, there it shall be.

He that observeth the [c]wind shall not sow, and he that regardeth the clouds, shall not reap.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 11:3 As the clouds that are full, pour out rain, so the rich that have abundance, must distribute it liberally.
  2. Ecclesiastes 11:3 He exhorteth to be liberal while we live: for after, there is no power.
  3. Ecclesiastes 11:4 He that feareth inconveniences, when necessity requireth, shall never do his duty.

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