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Cast your bread [1†]upon the waters, [2†]For you will find it after many days. |
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[3†]Give a serving [4†]to seven, and also to eight, [5†]For you do not know what evil will be on the earth. |
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If the clouds are full of rain, They empty themselves upon the earth; And if a tree falls to the south or the north, In the place where the tree falls, there it shall lie. |
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He who observes the wind will not sow, And he who regards the clouds will not reap. |
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As [6†]you do not know what is the way of the wind, [7†]Or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child, So you do not know the works of God who makes everything. |
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In the morning sow your seed, And in the evening do not withhold your hand; For you do not know which will prosper, Either this or that, Or whether both alike will be good. |
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Truly the light is sweet, And it is pleasant for the eyes [8†]to behold the sun; |
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But if a man lives many years And [9†]rejoices in them all, Yet let him [10†]remember the days of darkness, For they will be many. All that is coming is vanity. |
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Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; [11†]Walk in the ways of your heart, And in the sight of your eyes; But know that for all these [12†]God will bring you into judgment. |
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Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, And [13†]put away evil from your flesh, [14†]For childhood and youth are vanity. |
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