1Cast[H7971] thy bread[H3899]upon[H6440] the waters[H4325]: for thou shalt find[H4672] it after many[H7230]days[H3117].
2Give[H5414] a portion[H2506] to seven[H7651], and also to eight[H8083]; for thou knowest[H3045] not what evil[H7451] shall be upon the earth[H776].
3
If the clouds[H5645]be[H1933]full[H4390] of rain[H1653], they empty[H7324] themselves upon the earth[H776]: and if the tree[H6086]fall[H5307] toward the south[H1864], or toward the north[H6828], in the place[H4725] where the tree[H6086]falleth[H5307], there it shall be[H1933].
4
He that observeth[H8104] the wind[H7307] shall not sow[H2232]; and he that regardeth[H7200] the clouds[H5645] shall not reap[H7114].
5
As thou knowest[H3045] not what is the way[H1870] of the spirit[H7307], nor how the bones[H6106] do grow in the womb[H990] of her that is with child[H4392]: even so thou knowest[H3045] not the works[H4639] of God[H430] who maketh[H6213] all.
6
In the morning[H1242]sow[H2232] thy seed[H2233], and in the evening[H6153]withhold[H3240] not thine hand[H3027]: for thou knowest[H3045] not whether[H335] shall prosper[H3787], either this or that, or whether[H335] they both[H8147] shall be alike[H259]good[H2896].
7
Truly the light[H216] is sweet[H4966], and a pleasant[H2896] thing it is for the eyes[H5869] to behold[H7200] the sun[H8121]:
8
But if a man[H120]live[H2421]many[H7235]years[H8141], and rejoice[H8055] in them all; yet let him remember[H2142] the days[H3117] of darkness[H2822]; for they shall be many[H7235]. All that cometh[H935] is vanity[H1892].
9Rejoice[H8055], O young man[H970], in thy youth[H3208]; and let thy heart[H3820]cheer[H2895] thee in the days[H3117] of thy youth[H979], and walk[H1980] in the ways[H1870] of thine heart[H3820], and in the sight[H4758] of thine eyes[H5869]: but know[H3045] thou, that for all these things God[H430] will bring[H935] thee into judgment[H4941].
10
Therefore remove[H5493]sorrow[H3708] from thy heart[H3820], and put away[H5674]evil[H7451] from thy flesh[H1320]: for childhood[H3208] and youth[H7839] are vanity[H1892].