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Ecclesiastes 11:5

American Standard Version

As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all.

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Ecclesiastes 11:5 in other translations

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.

Ecclesiastes 11:5 · World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 11:5 in context

  1. 3If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.
  2. 4He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
  3. 5As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all.
  4. 6In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
  5. 7Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.