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<p class="indent1"> whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, <p class="indent2"> in the place where it falls, there it will lie. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He who watches the wind will fail to sow, <p class="indent2"> and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>As you do not know the path of the wind, <p class="indent2"> or how the bones are formed<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> in a mother’s womb, <p class="indent1"> so you cannot understand the work of God, <p class="indent2"> the Maker of all things. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Sow your seed in the morning, <p class="indent2"> and do not rest your hands in the evening, <p class="indent1"> for you do not know which will succeed, <p class="indent2"> whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper. <A name="8"></a><p class="hdg">Enjoy Your Years<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Light is sweet, <p class="indent2"> and it pleases the eyes to see the sun. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>So if a man lives many years, <p class="indent2"> let him rejoice in them all. <p class="indent1">But let him remember the days of darkness, <p class="indent2"> for they will be many. <p class="indent2"> Everything to come is futile. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, <p class="indent2"> and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. <p class="indent1"> Walk in the ways of your heart <p class="indent2"> and in the sight of your eyes, <p class="indent1"> but know that for all these things <p class="indent2"> God will bring you to judgment. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So banish sorrow from your heart, <p class="indent2"> and cast off pain from your body, <p class="indent2"> for youth and vigor are fleeting.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> </p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones</i><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>futile</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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