Ecclesiastes 11:4
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
In context
2 Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
3 If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
4 He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
5 As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
6 Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
Ecclesiastes 11:4 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
- KJV King James Version
- He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
- WEB World English Bible
- He who observes the wind won’t sow; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.
- ASV American Standard Version
- He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Whoso is observing the wind soweth not, And whoso is looking on the thick clouds reapeth not.
- DBY Darby Translation
- He that observeth the wind will not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds will not reap.
- WBS Webster Bible
- He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.