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