Ecclesiastes 11:4

4 Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.

Ecclesiastes 11:4 in Other Translations

KJV
4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
ESV
4 He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap.
NLT
4 Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant. If they watch every cloud, they never harvest.
MSG
4 Don't sit there watching the wind. Do your own work. Don't stare at the clouds. Get on with your life.
CSB
4 One who watches the wind will not sow, and the one who looks at the clouds will not reap.

Ecclesiastes 11:4 In-Context

2 Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight; you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.
3 If clouds are full of water, they pour rain on the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
4 Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.
5 As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is 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 at evening let your hands not be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well.
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