Ecclesiastes 11:5
As thou knowest not which is ye way of the spirit, nor how the bones doe growe in the wombe of her that is with child: so thou knowest not the worke of God that worketh all.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
4He that obserueth ye winde, shall not sow, and he that regardeth the cloudes, shall not reape.
Cross References
Job 5:9Which doeth great things and vnsearchable, and marueilous things without nomber.
Job 26:14Loe, these are part of his wayes: but how litle a portion heare we of him? and who can vnderstand his fearefull power?
Job 37:23It is the Almightie: we can not finde him out: he is excellent in power and iudgement, and aboundant in iustice: he afflicteth not.
Psalms 40:5O Lord my God, thou hast made thy wonderfull workes so many, that none can count in order to thee thy thoughts toward vs: I would declare, and speake of them, but they are moe then I am able to expresse.
Psalms 104:24O Lord, howe manifolde are thy workes! in wisdome hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
Ecclesiastes 1:6The winde goeth toward the South, and compasseth towarde the North: the winde goeth rounde about, and returneth by his circuites.
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 →