LEB ECC Chapter 11

Living in the Light of the Limits of Human Knowledge

• for in many days you will find it.
• 2  for you do not know what disaster will happen on the earth.
• 3  they empty rain on the earth.
• Whether a tree falls to the south or whether it falls to the north,
  • the place where the tree falls—there it will be.
  • 4  whoever watches the clouds will not reap.
  • 5 [fn] goes, nor how the bones of a fetus form in a mother’s womb,
• so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.
  • 6  and do not let your hands rest in the evening,
• for you do not know what will prosper—
  • whether this or that, or whether both of them alike will succeed.

Enjoy Life to the Fullest within the Auspices of the Fear of God

• 7 and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.
• 8  let him rejoice in all of them!
• Let him remember that the days of the darkness will be many—
  • all that is coming is vanity!
  • 9  and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth!
• Follow the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes—
  • but know that God will bring you into judgment for all these things.
  • 10  and put away pain from your body,
• for youth and vigor are vanity.