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Ecclesiastes 11:4

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2 Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.

3 If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.

He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.

5 As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.

6 Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.

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BSB
He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
KJV
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
WEB
He who observes the wind won’t sow; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.
ASV
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
DARBY
He that observeth the wind will not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds will not reap.
BLB
The one watching the wind will not sow, and one looking at the clouds will not reap.
ÅB
Den som stadig akter på vinden, kommer ikke til å så, og den som stadig ser på skyene, kommer ikke til å høste.
OTB
De som ser på vinden vil ikke så, og de som ser på skyene vil ikke høste.
B1930
Den som stadig akter på vinden, kommer ikke til å så, og den som stadig ser på skyene, kommer ikke til å høste.

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