Ecclesiastes 11:3-5
International Standard Version
3 If the clouds are full of rain,
they will pour out on the earth;
if a tree falls toward the south or the north,
wherever it falls, there it will lay.
4 Whoever keeps staring at the wind won’t sow;
whoever daydreams[a] won’t reap.
5 Just as you do not understand the way of the spirit
in the[b] womb of a pregnant mother,
so also you do not know
what God is doing in everything he makes.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 11:4 Lit. who stares at clouds
- Ecclesiastes 11:5 Lit. the bones in the
Ecclesiastes 11:3-5
New International Version
3 If clouds are full of water,
they pour rain on the earth.
Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north,
in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
4 Whoever watches the wind will not plant;
whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 11:5 Or know how life (or the spirit) / enters the body being formed
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