Chapter 11
1 Cast your bread on the waters ; for you shall find it after many days .
2 Give a portion to seven , yes , even to eight ; for you don’t know what evil will be on the earth.
3 If the clouds are full of rain , they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls towards the south , or towards the north , in the place where the tree falls , there shall it be .
4 He who observes the wind won’t sow ; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap .
5 As you don’t know what is the way of the wind , nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child ; even so you don’t know the work of God who does all .
6 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 .
7 Truly the light is sweet , and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun .
8 Yes , if a man lives many years , let him rejoice in them all ; but let him remember the days of darkness , for they shall be many . All that comes is vanity .
9 Rejoice , young man , in your youth , and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth , and walk in the ways of your heart , and in the sight of your eyes ; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgement.
10 Therefore remove sorrow from your heart , and put away evil from your flesh ; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity .