The lazy person does not plow in season; harvest comes, and there is nothing to be found.
Ecclesiastes 11:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Whoever observes the wind will not sow, and whoever regards the clouds will not reap. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who observes the wind [and waits for all conditions to be favorable] will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap. American Standard Version (1901) He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. Common English Bible Those who watch the wind blow will never sow, and those who observe the clouds will never reap. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever heeds the wind will not sow. And whoever considers the clouds will never reap. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that observeth the wind, shall not sow: and he that considereth the clouds, shall never reap. |
The lazy person does not plow in season; harvest comes, and there is nothing to be found.
The lazy person says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!”
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it.
When clouds are full, they empty rain on the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.
Just as you do not know how the breath comes to the bones in the mother’s womb, so you do not know the work of God, who makes everything.