Ecclesiastes 11:4

He that observes the wind sows not; 1 And he that looks at the clouds will not reap. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

In Context

3If the clouds be filled with rain, 1 They pour it out upon the earth: 1 And if a tree fall southward, or if it fall northward, 1 In the place where the tree shall fall, there it shall be. 1

5Among whom none knows what is the way of the wind: 1 As the bones are hidden in the womb of a pregnant woman, 1 So thou shalt not know the works of God, 1 Even all things whatsoever he shall do. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 20:4A sluggard when reproached is not ashamed: 1 So also he who borrows corn in harvest. 1

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 →

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