A slacker will not plow in season, so at harvest he looks but finds nothing.
Ecclesiastes 11:4 - Tree of Life Version Whoever keeps watching the wind will not sow and whoever gazes 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. |
A slacker will not plow in season, so at harvest he looks but finds nothing.
The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the streets.”
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act.
If the clouds are full, they empty out rain upon the earth. Whether a tree falls to south or north, the tree lies wherever it falls.
Just as you do not know how the spirit passes into the bones in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the work of God who makes all things.