Ecclesiastes 11:6

⁴ 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.

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.

⁷ Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.

⁸ So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.
KJV: In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
WEB: In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don’t withhold your hand; for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.
ASV: In 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.
DARBY: In 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.
BLB: In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand, for you do not you know whether this one will prosper—this one or this one, or whether the two of them alike [are] good.

ÅB: Så din sæd om morgenen, og la ikke din hånd hvile når det lider mot kvelden; for du vet ikke hva som vil lykkes, det ene eller det andre, eller om begge deler er gode.
OTB: Plant ditt frø om morgenen, og la ikke hendene dine være uvirksomme om kvelden, for du vet ikke hva som vil lykkes, dette eller hint, eller om begge vil gjøre det like godt.
B1930: Så din sæd om morgenen, og la ikke din hånd hvile når det lider mot aftenen; for du vet ikke hvad som vil lykkes, det ene eller det andre, eller om begge deler er gode.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Corinthians 9:10–11
Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.
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Isaiah 55:10
For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
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Haggai 1:6–11
You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”
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Hosea 10:12
Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.
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2 Corinthians 9:6
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
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Zechariah 8:11–12
But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as I did in the past,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
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John 4:36–38
Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.
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1 Corinthians 3:5–7
What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.
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