1 GLT Send out your bread on the face of the waters, for in many days you will find it. BSB BSB: Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
2 GLT Give a portion to seven and even to eight, for you do not know what will be a misfortune 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 GLT If the clouds are filled with rain, they will pour out on the earth. And whether a tree will fall in the south or in the north,{ the} place where the tree will fall, there it will be. 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 GLT A person who listens to{ the} wind will not sow and a person who sees{ the} clouds will not harvest. BSB BSB: He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
5 GLT Just as you are not knowing what{ is} the way of the wind, as the bones{ come} into the womb of the full woman, so thus you do not know the work of God who works 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 GLT In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening, do not let your hand rest, for you are not knowing whether this one will prosper— this one or this one?— or whether the two of them as one{ will 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.
7 GLT And light{ is} sweet, and{ it is} good for the eyes to see the sun. BSB BSB: Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
8 GLT For if humanity will live many years, in all of them let him rejoice. But let him remember the days of darkness, that they will be many. Everything that is coming{ is} 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 GLT Rejoice, young man, in your early manhood and let your heart make you glad in the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that on account of all these things, God will bring you into judgment. 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 GLT And remove anger from your heart and take misfortune away from your flesh, for youth and dark hair{ 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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