Ecclesiastes 11

1 Send out your bread on the waters, for you will find it again after many days.

Cast thy bread-corn, upon the face of the waters, —for, after many days, shalt thou find it:

2 Share it with seven, even eight people, for you do not know what disasters are coming on the earth.

Give a portion to seven, yea even to eight, —for thou canst not know, what there shall be of misfortune, upon 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, wherever the tree falls, there it will remain.

If the clouds be filled with a downpour, upon the earth, will they empty themselves, and, if a tree fall in the south or in the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there will it be found.

4 Anyone who watches the wind might not plant, and anyone who watches the clouds might not harvest.

He that observeth the wind, will not sow, —and, he that watcheth the clouds, will not reap.

5 As you do not know the path of the wind, nor how a baby's bones grow in the pregnant womb, so also you cannot comprehend the work of God, who created everything.

Just as thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, when the body is in the womb of her that is with child, even, so, canst thou not know the work of God, who maketh all.

6 In the morning plant your seed; until the evening, work with your hands as needed, for you know not which will prosper, whether morning or evening, or this or that, or whether they will both alike be good.

In the morning, sow thy seed, and, until evening, do not withhold thy hand, —for thou knowest not—whether shall thrive, either this or that, or whether, both alike, shall be fruitful.

7 Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun.

Truly sweet is the light, —and, pleasant to the eyes, to see the sun:

8 If someone lives many years, let him be happy in all of them, but let him think about the coming days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is vanishing vapor.

But, though, many years, a man live, through them all, let him rejoice; yet let him remember the days of darkness, for many they may be, all that cometh, may be vanity.

9 Take joy, young man, in your youth, and let your heart be joyful in the days of your youth. Pursue the good desires of your heart, and whatever is within the sight of your eyes. However, know that God will bring you into judgment for all these things.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart gladden thee in the days of thine early manhood, and walk thou—in the ways of thine own heart, and in that which is seen by thine own eyes, —yet know, that, for all these things, will God bring thee into judgment.

10 Drive anger away from your heart, and ignore any pain in your body, because youth and its strength are vapor.

Therefore remove thou vexation from thy heart, and put away discomfort from thy flesh, —for, youth and dawn, are vanity!