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title: Ecclesiastes 11
slug: kjv/ecclesiastes-11
createdAt: 2024-08-21T02:29:03.452Z
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**1 **Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. **2 **Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. **3 **If the clouds be full of rain, they empty *themselves* upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. **4 **He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. **5 **As thou knowest not what *is* the way of the spirit, *nor* how the bones *do grow* in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

**6 **In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both *shall be* alike good.

**7 **Truly the light *is* sweet, and a pleasant *thing it is* for the eyes to behold the sun: **8 **But if a man live many years, *and* rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh *is* vanity.

**9 **Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these *things* God will bring thee into judgment. **10 **Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth *are* vanity.