Cast your bread upon the waters,
for you will find it after many days.
Give a portion to seven, or even to eight,
for you know not what disaster may happen on earth.
If the clouds are full of rain,
they empty themselves on the earth,
and if a tree falls to the south or to the north,
in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.
He who observes the wind will not sow,
and he who regards the clouds will not reap.
As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in
the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God
who makes everything.
In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your
hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or
whether both alike will be good.
Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.
So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but
let him remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that
comes is vanity.
Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you
in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the
sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will
bring you into judgment.
Remove vexation from your heart, and put away pain from your
body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
