Ecclesiastes 11:5
As thou knowest not which is the way of the wind, as little as what is enclosed in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou canst not know the works of God who maketh all.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
4He that watcheth the wind will not sow; and he that gazeth on the clouds will not reap.
Cross References
Job 5:9Who doth great things which are unsearchable, marvelous things till they are without number;
Job 26:14Lo, these are ends of his ways; for how slight a whisper is heard [by us] of him! but the thunder of his mighty deeds who can understand?
Job 37:23The Almighty, whom we cannot find out, excellent in power, and in justice, and abounding in righteousness, will not afflict:
Psalms 40:5(40:6) Many things hast thou done, O Lord my God; thy wonderful deeds and thy thoughts toward us—there is none to be compared unto thee—will I tell and speak of, [though] they are too numerous to be counted.
Psalms 104:24How manifold are thy works, O Lord! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
Ecclesiastes 1:6Going toward the south, and turning round toward the north, the wind moveth round about continually; and around its circles doth the wind return again.
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 →