If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth;
and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north,
in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Ecclesiastes 11:3 in context
Ecclesiastes 11:1–6
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
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If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth;
and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward 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.
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