The slacker does not plough during planting season; at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.
Ecclesiastes 11:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised One who watches the wind will not sow, and the one who looks at the clouds will not reap. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 slacker does not plough during planting season; at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.
The slacker says, ‘There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the public square! ’
When it is in your power, don’t withhold good from the one to whom it belongs.
If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain on the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or the north, the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.
Just as you don’t know the path of the wind, or how bones develop in the womb of a pregnant woman, so also you don’t know the work of God who makes everything.