Verse List for ECC 11:4

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OET (OET-RV) A person who worries about the wind, ⇔  won’t sow any seed, ⇔ ≈ and someone who keeps looking at the clouds, ⇔  will never harvest their crop.

OET-LV one _who_watches _of a _wind not he _will _sow and_one _who_looks on_clouds not he _will _reap.

ULT One who attends, to the wind will not sow, ⇔  and one who watches, the clouds will not harvest.

UST For this reason, someone might anxiously watch for changes in the wind, ⇔  waiting for the optimal moment to plant, ⇔  when a strong gust will not blow away the newly planted seeds. ⇔  If they do, they will never plant their crops. ⇔ Likewise, someone might anxiously watch the clouds, ⇔  waiting for the optimal moment to harvest, ⇔  when a heavy rainfall will not ruin the ripened crops. ⇔  If they do, they will never harvest their crops.

BSB & MSB He who watches the wind will fail to sow, ⇔  and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.

OEB No OEB ECC book available

WEBBE & WMBB He who observes the wind won’t sow; ⇔  and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.

NET He who watches the wind will not sow, ⇔ and he who observes the clouds will not reap.

LSV Whoever is observing the wind does not sow,
And whoever is looking on the thick clouds does not reap.

FBV The farmer who pays attention to the direction of the wind knows when not to sow, and by watching the clouds knows when not to reap.[fn]

T4T If farmers see in what direction the wind is blowing, ⇔  they will know whether it is wise at that time to plant things or not. ⇔ It is also true that if farmers look at the clouds and see that they are blowing from the west, which means that it will probably rain, ⇔  they will not try to harvest their crops on that day.

LEB • Whoever watches the wind will not sow;
• whoever watches the clouds will not reap.

BBE He who is watching the wind will not get the seed planted, and he who is looking at the clouds will not get in the grain.

Moff He whose eye is on the wind will never sow; ⇔  he who studies clouds will never reap.

JPS He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

ASV He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

DRA He that observeth the wind, shall not sow: and he that considereth the clouds, shall never reap.

YLT Whoso is observing the wind soweth not, And whoso is looking on the thick clouds reapeth not.

Drby He that observeth the wind will not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds will not reap.

RV He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

SLT He watching the wind shall not sow; and he looking in the clouds, shall not reap.

Wbstr He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

KJB-1769 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

KJB-1611 He that obserueth the wind, shall not sow: and hee that regardeth the clouds, shall not reape.
(He that observeth the wind, shall not sow: and he that regardeth the clouds, shall not reape.)

Bshps He that regardeth the winde, shall not sowe: and he that hath respect vnto the cloudes, shall not reape.
(He that regardeth the wind, shall not sow: and he that hath/has respect unto the clouds, shall not reape.)

Gnva He that obserueth ye winde, shall not sow, and he that regardeth the cloudes, shall not reape.
(He that observeth ye/you_all wind, shall not sow, and he that regardeth the clouds, shall not reape.)

Cvdl He that regardeth ye wynde, shal not sowe: and he that hath respecte vnto the cloudes, shal not reape.
(He that regardeth ye/you_all wind, shall not sow: and he that hath/has respect unto the clouds, shall not reape.)

Wycl He that aspieth the wynd, sowith not; and he that biholdith the cloudis, schal neuere repe.
(He that aspieth the wind, soweth/sows not; and he that beholdeth/beholds the clouds, shall never repe.)

Luth Wer auf den Wind achtet, der säet nicht, und wer auf die Wolken siehet, der erntet nicht.
(Who on/in/to the wind pay_attention, the/of_the sows not, and who on/in/to the clouds see/look, the/of_the harvests(v) not.)

ClVg Qui observat ventum non seminat; et qui considerat nubes numquam metet.[fn]
(Who observat the_wind not/no sows; and who/which considers clouds never will_reap.)

UHB שֹׁמֵ֥ר ר֖וּחַ לֹ֣א יִזְרָ֑ע וְ⁠רֹאֶ֥ה בֶ⁠עָבִ֖ים לֹ֥א יִקְצֽוֹר׃ ‡

BrLXX Τηρῶν ἄνεμον οὐ σπείρει, καὶ βλέπων ἐν ταῖς νεφέλαις οὐ θερίσει.

BrTr He that observes the wind sows not; and he that looks at the clouds will not reap.