Ecclesiastes 11:1-10 NASB20 - Bible AI

¹Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you will find it [142]after many days.

²Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth.

³If the clouds are full, they pour out rain on the earth; and whether a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, wherever the tree falls, there it [143]lies.

⁴One who watches the wind will not sow and one who looks at the clouds will not harvest.

⁵Just as you do not know the path of the [144]wind, and how bones are formed in the womb of the [145]pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes everything.

⁶Sow your seed in the morning and do not [146]be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether [147]one or the other will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good.

⁷The light is pleasant, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.

⁸Indeed, if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything that is to come will be futility.

⁹Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the [148]impulses of your heart and the [149]desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things.

¹⁰So remove [150]sorrow from your heart and keep [151]pain away from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are [152]fleeting.