Ecclesiastes 11:4
World English Bible (WEB)
He who observes the wind won’t sow; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.
In context
2 Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don’t know what evil will be on the earth.
3 If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.
4 He who observes the wind won’t sow; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.
5 As you don’t know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don’t know the work of God who does all.
6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don’t withhold your hand; for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.
Ecclesiastes 11:4 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- He who observes the wind won’t sow; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.
- KJV King James Version
- He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to 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.