Cast Your Bread upon the Waters 1 UEB Send out your bread on the waters, for you will find it again after many days. BSB BSB: Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
2 UEB Share it with seven, even eight people, for you do not know what disasters are coming on the earth. BSB BSB: Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
3 UEB 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. BSB BSB: If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
4 UEB Anyone who watches the wind might not plant, and anyone who watches the clouds might not harvest. BSB BSB: He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
5 UEB 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. BSB BSB: As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
6 UEB 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. BSB BSB: Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
Enjoy Your Years 7 UEB Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun. BSB BSB: Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
8 UEB 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. BSB BSB: So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
9 UEB 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. BSB BSB: Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
10 UEB Drive anger away from your heart, and ignore any pain in your body, because youth and its strength are vapor. BSB BSB: So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.
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