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World English Bible Classic
[1] Cast your bread on the waters;
for you shall find it after many days.
[2] Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight;
for you don’t know what evil will be on the earth.
[3] If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth;
and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north,
in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.
[4] He who observes the wind won’t sow;
and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.
[5] As you don’t know what is the way of the wind,
nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child;
even so you don’t know the work of God who does all.
[6] In the morning sow your seed,
and in the evening don’t withhold your hand;
for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that,
or whether they both will be equally good.
[7] Truly the light is sweet,
and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun.
[8] Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all;
but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many.
All that comes is vanity.
[9] Rejoice, young man, in your youth,
and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth,
and walk in the ways of your heart,
and in the sight of your eyes;
but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
[10] Therefore remove sorrow from your heart,
and put away evil from your flesh;
for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
King James Version
[1] Cast H7971 thy bread H3899 upon H6440 the waters: H4325§ for H3588 thou shalt find H4672 it after many H7230 days. H3117 [2] Give H5414 a portion H2506 to seven, H7651 and also to eight; H8083 for H3588 thou knowest H3045 not H3808 what H4100 evil H7451 shall be upon the earth. H776 [3] If the clouds H5645 be full H4390 of rain, H1653 they empty H7324 themselves upon the earth: H776 and if the tree H6086 fall H5307 toward the south, H1864 or toward the north, H6828 in the place H4725 where the tree H6086 falleth, H5307 there H8033 it shall be. H1933 [4] He that observeth H8104 the wind H7307 shall H2232 not H3808 sow; H2232 and he that regardeth H7200 the clouds H5645 shall H7114 not H3808 reap. H7114 [5] As thou knowest H3045 not what is the way H1870 of the spirit, H7307 nor how the bones H6106 do grow in the womb H990 of her that is with child: H4392 even so thou knowest H3045 H853 not the works H4639 of God H430 who H834 maketh H6213 all. [6] In the morning H1242 sow H2232 H853 thy seed, H2233 and in the evening H6153 withhold H3240 not thine hand: H3027 for H3588 thou knowest H3045 not whether H335 shall prosper, H3787§ either this or that, or whether they both H8147 shall be alike H259 good. H2896 [7] Truly the light H216 is sweet, H4966 and a pleasant H2896 thing it is for the eyes H5869 to behold H7200 H853 the sun: H8121 [8] but if a man H120 live H2421 many H7235 years, H8141 and rejoice H8055 in them all; yet let him remember H2142 H853 the days H3117 of darkness; H2822 for H3588 they shall be many. H7235 All H3605 that cometh H935 is vanity. H1892 [9] Rejoice, H8055 O young man, H970 in thy youth; H3208 and let thy heart H3820 cheer H2895 thee in the days H3117 of thy youth, H979 and walk H1980 in the ways H1870 of thine heart, H3820 and in the sight H4758 of thine eyes: H5869 but know H3045 thou, that for all these things God H430 will bring H935 thee into judgment. H4941 [10] Therefore remove H5493 sorrow H3708§ from thy heart, H3820 and put away H5674 evil H7451 from thy flesh: H1320 for H3588 childhood H3208 and youth H7839 are vanity. H1892

Footnotes

  1. § 11:1 Heb. upon the face of the waters
  2. § 11:6 Heb. shall be right
  3. § 11:10 Or, anger
Septuaginta
[1] Ἀπόστειλον G649 τὸν G3588 ἄρτον G740 σου G4675 ἐπὶ G1909 πρόσωπον G4383 τοῦ G3588 ὕδατος, G5204 ὅτι G3754 ἐν G1722 πλήθει G4128 τῶν G3588 ἡμερῶν G2250 εὑρήσεις G2147 αὐτόν· G846 [2] δὸς G1325 μερίδα G3310 τοῖς G3588 ἑπτὰ G2033 καί G2532 γε G1065 τοῖς G3588 ὀκτώ, G3638 ὅτι G3754 οὐ G3756 γινώσκεις G1097 τί G5101 ἔσται G2071 πονηρὸν G4190 ἐπὶ G1909 τὴν G3588 γῆν. G1093 [3] Ἐὰν G1437 πληρωθῶσιν G4137 τὰ G3588 νέφη G3509 ὑετοῦ, G5205 ἐπὶ G1909 τὴν G3588 γῆν G1093 ἐκχέουσιν· G1632 καὶ G2532 ἐὰν G1437 πέσῃ G4098 ξύλον G3586 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 νότῳ G3558 καὶ G2532 ἐὰν G1437 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 βορρᾷ, G1005 τόπῳ, G5117 οὗ G3739 πεσεῖται G4098 τὸ G3588 ξύλον, G3586 ἐκεῖ G1563 ἔσται. G2071 [4] Τηρῶν G5083 ἄνεμον G417 οὐ G3756 σπερεῖ, G4687 καὶ G2532 βλέπων G991 ἐν G1722 ταῖς G3588 νεφέλαις G3507 οὐ G3756 θερίσει, G2325 [5] ἐν G1722 οἷς G3739 οὐκ G3756 ἔστιν G2076 γινώσκων G1097 τίς G5101 ἡ G3588 ὁδὸς G3598 τοῦ G3588 πνεύματος. G4151 Ὡς G5613 ὀστᾶ G3747 ἐν G1722 γαστρὶ G1064 τῆς G3588 κυοφορούσης, οὕτως G3779 οὐ G3756 γνώσῃ G1097 τὰ G3588 ποιήματα G4161 τοῦ G3588 θεοῦ, G2316 ὅσα G3745 ποιήσει G4160 σὺν G4862 τὰ G3588 πάντα. G3956 [6] Ἐν G1722 πρωίᾳ G4405 σπεῖρον G4687 τὸ G3588 σπέρμα G4690 σου, G4675 καὶ G2532 εἰς G1519 ἑσπέραν G2073 μὴ G3361 ἀφέτω G863 ἡ G3588 χείρ G5495 σου, G4675 ὅτι G3754 οὐ G3756 γινώσκεις G1097 ποῖον G4169 στοιχήσει, G4748 ἢ G2228 τοῦτο G5124 ἢ G2228 τοῦτο, G5124 καὶ G2532 ἐὰν G1437 τὰ G3588 δύο G1417 ἐπὶ G1909 τὸ G3588 αὐτὸ G846 ἀγαθά. G18 [7] Καὶ G2532 γλυκὺ G1099 τὸ G3588 φῶς G5457 καὶ G2532 ἀγαθὸν G18 τοῖς G3588 ὀφθαλμοῖς G3788 τοῦ G3588 βλέπειν G991 σὺν G4862 τὸν G3588 ἥλιον· G2246 [8] ὅτι G3754 καὶ G2532 ἐὰν G1437 ἔτη G2094 πολλὰ G4183 ζήσεται G2198 ὁ G3588 ἄνθρωπος, G444 ἐν G1722 πᾶσιν G3956 αὐτοῖς G846 εὐφρανθήσεται G2165 καὶ G2532 μνησθήσεται τὰς G3588 ἡμέρας G2250 τοῦ G3588 σκότους, G4655 ὅτι G3754 πολλαὶ G4183 ἔσονται· G2071 πᾶν G3956 τὸ G3588 ἐρχόμενον G2064 ματαιότης. G3153 [9] Εὐφραίνου, G2165 νεανίσκε, G3495 ἐν G1722 νεότητί G3503 σου, G4675 καὶ G2532 ἀγαθυνάτω σε G4571 ἡ G3588 καρδία G2588 σου G4675 ἐν G1722 ἡμέραις G2250 νεότητός G3503 σου, G4675 καὶ G2532 περιπάτει G4043 ἐν G1722 ὁδοῖς G3598 καρδίας G2588 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 ὁράσει G3706 ὀφθαλμῶν G3788 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 γνῶθι G1097 ὅτι G3754 ἐπὶ G1909 πᾶσι G3956 τούτοις G5125 ἄξει G71 σε G4571 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 ἐν G1722 κρίσει. G2920 [10] Καὶ G2532 ἀπόστησον G868 θυμὸν G2372 ἀπὸ G575 καρδίας G2588 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 παράγαγε G3855 πονηρίαν G4189 ἀπὸ G575 σαρκός G4561 σου, G4675 ὅτι G3754 ἡ G3588 νεότης G3503 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 ἄνοια G454 ματαιότης. G3153
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament