Ecclesiastes 11:4 - Easy To Read Version

⁴ \{But there are some things that you can’t be sure of. You must take a chance.\} If a person waits for perfect weather, then he will never plant his seeds. And if a person is afraid that every cloud will bring rain, then he will never harvest his crops.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ 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)

⁴ He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

Common English Bible

⁴ Those who watch the wind blow will never sow, and those who observe the clouds will never reap.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Whoever heeds the wind will not sow. And whoever considers the clouds will never reap.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ He that observeth the wind, shall not sow: and he that considereth the clouds, shall never reap.

Ecclesiastes 11:4 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 20:4

A lazy person is too lazy to plant seeds. So, at the time of harvest he looks for food and finds nothing.

Proverbs 22:13

The lazy person says, “I can’t go \{to work\} now. There is a lion outside. It might kill me.”

Proverbs 3:27

Whenever you can, do good things for people who need help.

Ecclesiastes 11:3

\{There are some things you can be sure of.\} If clouds are full of rain, then they will pour water on the earth. If a tree falls—to the south or to the north—then it will stay where it falls.

Ecclesiastes 11:5

You don’t know where the wind blows. And you don’t know how a baby grows in its mother’s body. In the same way, you don’t know what God will do—and he makes everything happen.