Ecclesiastes 11:4
Ecclesiastes chapter 11 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Context
v.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.
v.4This passage
v.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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
- Proverbs 3:27
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.
- Proverbs 22:13
The sluggard saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.