Ecclesiastes or Preacher 11 Let Us Do What Is Good in Its Season

 Ecclesiastes or Preacher 11

Let Us Do What Is Good in Its Season

1 Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.

2 Share it with seven, and even with eight, for you do not know what disaster will come upon the earth.

3 When the clouds are full, they pour rain on the earth, and whether a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.

4 Whoever watches the wind will not sow, and whoever regards the clouds will not reap.

5 Just as you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a pregnant woman's womb, so you do not know the works of God, who makes all things.

6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both will be good alike. 

7 Truly the light is sweet, and it is pleasant to the eyes to see the sun.

8 But if a man lives many years and rejoices in them all, he should also remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that happens is vanity.

9 Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you 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.

10 Therefore remove anger from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh, for youth and youth are vanity.