KJ3 Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 11
Directions for charity. Death in life, and the day of judgment matters in the days of youth.
1Send out your bread on the face of the waters, for you shall find it in many days.
2Give a share to seven, or even to eight; for you do not know what evil may be on the earth.
3If the clouds are full of rain, they empty on the earth. And if the tree falls in the south, or in the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it shall be.
4He who watches the wind shall not sow, and he who looks at the clouds shall not reap.
5As you do not know what is the way of the Spirit, as the bones in the womb of the full one, even so you do not know the works of God who makes all.
6Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hand until evening; for you do not know what shall succeed, this or that; or whether they both shall be good as one.
7Also the light is sweet; yea, it is good for the eyes to see the sun.
8But if the man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, and remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that may come is vanity.
9Rejoice, O young man, in your youth. And make your heart 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 for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
10And turn aside frustration from your heart, and cause evil purpose to pass from your flesh. For childhood and prime of life are vanity.
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