Ecclesiastes 11:5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
5 Just as you don’t know the path of the wind,
or how bones develop in[a] the womb of a pregnant woman,
so you don’t know the work of God who makes everything.(A)
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 11:5 Or know how the life-breath comes to the bones in
Ecclesiastes 11:5
New International Version
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 11:5 Or know how life (or the spirit) / enters the body being formed
John 3:8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
8 The wind[a] blows where it pleases, and you hear its sound, but you don’t know where it comes from or where it is going.(A) So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”(B)
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- John 3:8 The Gk word pneuma can mean wind, spirit, or Spirit, each of which occurs in this context.
John 3:8
New International Version
8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”[a](A)
Footnotes
- John 3:8 The Greek for Spirit is the same as that for wind.
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