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Just as you do not understand the way of the spirit
    in the[a] womb of a pregnant mother,
so also you do not know
    what God is doing in everything he makes.
Sow your seed in the morning,
    and don’t stop working[b] until evening,
since you don’t know which of your endeavors will do well,
    whether this one or that,
        or even if both will do equally well.

Preparing for Old Age

How sweet is the daylight, and how pleasant it is for someone’s eyes to behold the sunshine!

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 11:5 Lit. the bones in the
  2. Ecclesiastes 11:6 Lit. then give your hand no rest