Ecclesiastes 11:5
As thou know not what is the way of the wind, [nor] how the bones [grow] in the womb of her who is with child, even so thou know not the work of God who does all.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4He who observes the wind shall not sow, and he who regards the clouds shall not reap.
Cross References
Job 5:9who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number,
Job 26:14Lo, these are but the periphery of his ways. And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
Job 37:23[O] the Almighty, we cannot find him out. He is excellent in power. And in justice and abundant righteousness he will not afflict.
Psalms 40:5Many, O LORD my God, are the wonderful works which thou have done, and thy thoughts which are toward us. They cannot be set in order to thee. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
Psalms 104:24O LORD, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom have thou made them all. The earth is full of thy riches.
Ecclesiastes 1:6The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually in its course, and the wind returns again to its circuits.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 11:2-7
The Obligations to Be Liberal; Answers to Objections against Liberality. 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… Read the whole commentary →