Ecclesiastes 11:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ If the clouds are filled with rain, they empty themselves upon the earth. And if a tree falls to the south or the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it is.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.

Common English Bible

³ If clouds fill up, they will empty out rain on the earth. If a tree falls, whether to the south or to the north, wherever it falls, there it will lie.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ If the clouds have been filled, they will pour forth rain upon the earth. If a tree falls to the south, or to the north, or to whatever direction it may fall, there it shall remain.

Ecclesiastes 11:3 Cross References

1 Kings 18:45

And in the meantime, it came to be that the heavens became black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain, while Aḥ

Ecclesiastes 11:2

Give a portion to seven, and also to eight, for you do not know what evil might be on the earth.

Ecclesiastes 11:4

He who watches the wind does not sow, and he who looks at the clouds does not reap.

Matthew 3:10

“And the axe is already laid to the root of the trees. Every tree, then, which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

Luke 13:7

“And he said to the gardener, ‘Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down, why does it even make the ground useless?’

1 John 3:17

But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his tender affections from him, how does the love of Elohim stay in him?