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1 Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you will find it after many days.
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Ship your grain across the sea; after many days you may receive a return.
2 Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth.
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Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight; you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.
3 If the clouds are full, they pour out rain upon the earth; and whether a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, wherever the tree falls, there it lies.
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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 He who watches the wind will not sow and he who looks at the clouds will not reap.
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Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.
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