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Ecclesiastes 11:5-7
New American Standard Bible
Ecclesiastes 11:5-7
New American Standard Bible
5 Just as you do not (A)know the path of the [a]wind, and (B)how bones are formed in the womb of the [b]pregnant woman, so you do not (C)know the activity of God who makes everything.
6 Sow your seed (D)in the morning and do not [c]be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether [d]one or the other will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good.
7 The light is pleasant, and it is good for the eyes to (E)see the sun.
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- Ecclesiastes 11:5 Or with many mss spirit into the bones in the womb
- Ecclesiastes 11:5 Lit full
- Ecclesiastes 11:6 Lit let down your hand
- Ecclesiastes 11:6 Lit this or that
Ecclesiastes 11:5-7
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 11:5-7
New International Version
5 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.
6 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
7 Light is sweet,
and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.(D)
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 11:5 Or know how life (or the spirit) / enters the body being formed
Ecclesiastes 11:5-7
King James Version
Ecclesiastes 11:5-7
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.
6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
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