1 Send forth thy bread upon the face of the water : for thou shalt find it after many days.
2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight ; for thou knowest not what evil there shall be upon the earth.
3 If the clouds be filled with rain, they pour it out upon the earth : and if a tree fall southward, or if it fall northward, in the place where the tree shall fall, there it shall be.
4 He that observes the wind sows not ; and he that looks at the clouds will not reap.
5 Among whom none knows what is the way of the wind : as the bones are hid in the womb of a pregnant woman, so thou shalt not know the works of God, even all things whatsoever he shall do.
6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening let not thine hand be slack : for thou knowest not what sort shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether both shall be good alike.
7 Moreover the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.
8 For even if a man should live many years, and rejoice in them all ; yet let him remember the days of darkness ; for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart blameless, but not in the sight of thine eyes : yet know that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh : for youth and folly are vanity.