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Just as you do not know how the path of the wind[a] goes,
    nor how the bones of a fetus form in a mother’s womb,
so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.
Sow your seed in the morning,
    and do not let your hands rest in the evening,
for you do not know what will prosper—
    whether this or that, or whether both of them alike will succeed.

Enjoy Life to the Fullest within the Auspices of the Fear of God

The light is sweet,
    and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 11:5 Or “the breath”

As you do not know the path of the wind,(A)
    or how the body is formed[a] in a mother’s womb,(B)
so you cannot understand the work of God,
    the Maker of all things.

Sow your seed in the morning,
    and at evening let your hands not be idle,(C)
for you do not know which will succeed,
    whether this or that,
    or whether both will do equally well.

Remember Your Creator While Young

Light is sweet,
    and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 11:5 Or know how life (or the spirit) / enters the body being formed