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OET by section ECC 11:1

ECC 11:1–11:8 ©

The to do of wise

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Literal Version

11:1 The to do of wise

11Throw your bread out onto the waters

because you’ll find it again in several days.

2Share it around seven or eight others

because you don’t know when a calamity will hit your area.

3If the clouds are filled with rain, they’ll pour it out,

and if a tree falls to the north or the south,

wherever it falls, that’s where it’ll be.

4A person who worries about the wind,

won’t sow any seed,

and someone who keeps looking at the clouds,

will never harvest their crop.

5Just as you don’t know how the winds work,

or how the bones get into a pregnant woman’s womb,

nor do you know how God does everything that he does.

6Sow your seed in the morning

and don’t stop planting until the evening,

because you don’t know which areas will grow well,

or whether it will all succeed equally.


7Light is sweet

and it’s good for your eyes to see the sun.

8Even if a person lives for many years,

they should take pleasure in all of them.

but remember the dark days

because everything that happens is pointless.

11Send bread_of_your on the_surface_of the_waters if/because in/on/at/with_many_of the_days find_it.
2Give a_portion to_seven and_also to_eight if/because not you_know what will_it_be calamity on the_earth/land.
3If they_will_be_filled the_clouds rain on the_earth/land they_will_pour_it_out and_if it_falls a_tree in/on/at/with_south and_if in/on/at/with_north the_place_of where_falls the_tree there it_will_become.
4one_who_watches_of a_wind not he_will_sow and_looks in/on/at/with_clouds not he_will_reap.
5Just_as not_you are_knowing what is_the_way_of the_wind to_bones in/on/at/with_womb_of the_pregnant thus not you_know DOM the_work_of the_ʼElohīm who he_makes DOM the_everything.
6In/on/at/with_morning sow DOM seed_of_your and_at_the_evening do_not give_rest_to hands_of_your if/because not_you are_knowing[fn] where this will_it_succeed whether_this or this and_if both_of_them as_equal be_good.
7And_sweet the_light and_good for_the_eyes to_see DOM the_sun.
8If/because if years many he_will_live the_humankind in/on/at/with_all_of_them let_him_take_pleasure and_remember DOM the_days_of the_darkness if/because many they_will_be all that_comes is_futility.

11:6 OSHB note: We agree with both BHS 1997 and BHQ on an unexpected reading.

ECC 11:1–11:8 ©

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