The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
King James Version KJV
1 Send your resources out over the seas; eventually you will reap a return.
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Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
2 Divide your merchandise into seven or eight shares, since you don't know what disasters may come on the earth.
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Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
3 If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth. Whether a tree falls toward the north or the south, the place where the tree falls is where it stays.
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If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
4 He who keeps watching the wind will never sow; he who keeps looking at the clouds will never reap.
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He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
5 Just as you don't know the way of the wind or how bones grow in a pregnant woman's womb, so you don't know the work of God, the maker of everything.
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As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
6 In the morning, sow your seed; and don't slack off until evening; for you don't know which sowing will succeed, this, or that, or if both will do well.
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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.
7 Then the light will be sweet, and it will be a pleasure to see the sun. 1086
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Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
8 For if a person lives many years, let him take joy in them all; yet remembering that there will be many days of darkness, that all to come is futile.
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But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
9 Young person, if you spend your youth only having fun, if you use your early years just to entertain yourself, if you follow your heart as you live your life, and let your eyes be your guide; understand that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
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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 thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
10 Therefore, remove anger from your heart; and keep from harming your body; for neither adolescence nor youth has any lasting value.
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Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
The King James Version is in the public domain.