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Ecclesiastes 11 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | Send out your bread on the face of the waters, for in many days you will find it. | Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days. | Ship your grain across the sea; after many days you may receive a return. | |
| 2 | Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, for you do not know what evil may come to be on the earth. | Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you know not what disaster may happen on earth. | Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight; you do not know what disaster may come upon the land. | |
| 3 | If the clouds are full of rain, they will pour out upon the earth; and if a tree falls in the south or in the north, at the place where the tree falls, there it will be. | If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth, and if a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie. | 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 | The one watching the wind will not sow, and one looking at the clouds will not reap. | He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap. | Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap. | |
| 5 | As you do not know what is the way of the wind, as the bones in the womb of the full woman, so you do not know the works of God, who makes everything. | As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything. | As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things. | |
| 6 | In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand, for you do not you know whether this one will prosper—this one or this one, or whether the two of them alike are good. | In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good. | Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let your hands not be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well. | |
| 7 | The light also is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun. | Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun. | Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun. | |
| 8 | For if the man lives many years, let him be glad in them all, and let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many—all that is coming is vapor. | So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity. | However many years anyone may live, let them enjoy them all. But let them remember the days of darkness, for there will be many. Everything to come is meaningless. | |
| 9 | Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart be made glad in the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes, and know that for all these things God will bring you into the judgment. | Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. | You who are young, be happy while you are young, and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart and whatever your eyes see, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. | |
| 10 | And remove anger from your heart, and make evil pass from your flesh, for youth and black hair are vapor. | Remove vexation from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity. | So then, banish anxiety from your heart and cast off the troubles of your body, for youth and vigor are meaningless. | |
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