Ecclesiastes 11:4

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Whoso is observing the wind soweth not, And whoso is looking on the thick clouds reapeth not.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 22:13 : 13 The slothful hath said, `A lion `is' without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'
  • Prov 3:27 : 27 Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand `is' toward God to do `it'.
  • Prov 20:4 : 4 Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.

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    1Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it.

    2Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, For thou knowest not what evil is on the earth.

    3If the thick clouds are full of rain, On the earth they empty `themselves'; And if a tree doth fall in the south or to the north, The place where the tree falleth, there it is.

  • Eccl 11:5-6
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    5As thou knowest not what `is' the way of the spirit, How -- bones in the womb of the full one, So thou knowest not the work of God who maketh the whole.

    6In the morning sow thy seed, And at even withdraw not thy hand, For thou knowest not which is right, this or that, Or whether both of them alike `are' good.

  • Hos 8:7
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    7For wind they sow, and a hurricane they reap, Stalk it hath none -- a shoot not yielding grain, If so be it yield -- strangers do swallow it up.

  • Job 37:21
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    21And now, they have not seen the light, Bright it `is' in the clouds, And the wind hath passed by and cleanseth them.

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    7That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

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    4Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.

  • Gal 6:7-9
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    7Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow -- that also he shall reap,

    8because he who is sowing to his own flesh, of the flesh shall reap corruption; and he who is sowing to the Spirit, of the Spirit shall reap life age-during;

    9and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap -- not desponding;

  • Prov 11:29
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    29Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant `is' the fool to the wise of heart.

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    16And this also `is' a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage `is' to him who laboureth for wind?

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    8As I have seen -- ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!

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    27and may sleep, and may rise night and day, and the seed spring up and grow, he hath not known how;

    28for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear;

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    36`And he who is reaping doth receive a reward, and doth gather fruit to life age-during, that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping may rejoice together;

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    2While that the sun is not darkened, and the light, And the moon, and the stars, And the thick clouds returned after the rain.

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    54And he said also to the multitudes, `When ye may see the cloud rising from the west, immediately ye say, A shower doth come, and it is so;

    55and when -- a south wind blowing, ye say, that there will be heat, and it is;

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    14Thick clouds `are' a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,

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    10For, as come down doth the shower, And the snow from the heavens, And thither returneth not, But hath watered the earth, And hath caused it to yield, and to spring up, And hath given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater,

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    11In the day thy plant thou causest to become great, And in the morning thy seed makest to flourish, A heap `is' the harvest in a day of overflowing, And of mortal pain.

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    32By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,

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    11Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied `with' bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,

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    7For he knoweth not that which shall be, for when it shall be who declareth to him?

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    8Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.

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    8Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.

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    17then I considered all the work of God, that man is not able to find out the work that hath been done under the sun, because though man labour to seek, yet he doth not find; and even though the wise man speak of knowing he is not able to find.

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    5Whoso is gathering in summer `is' a wise son, Whoso is sleeping in harvest `is' a son causing shame.

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    5Those sowing in tears, with singing do reap,

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    24Yea, they have not been planted, Yea, they have not been sown, Yea, not taking root in the earth is their stock, And also He hath blown upon them, and they wither, And a whirlwind as stubble taketh them away.

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    25To make for the wind a weight, And the waters He meted out in measure.

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    14Clouds and wind, and rain there is none, `Is' a man boasting himself in a false gift.

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    14who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;

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    10And lo, the planted thing -- doth it prosper? When come against it doth the east wind, Doth it not utterly wither? On the furrows of its springing it withereth.'

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    11At that time it is said of this people, And of Jerusalem: `A dry wind of high places in the wilderness,' The way of the daughter of My people, (Not for winnowing, nor for cleansing,)

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    5Behold attentively the heavens -- and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.

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    16Dost thou know the balancings of a cloud? The wonders of the Perfect in knowledge?

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