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1 Cast thy bread upon the wa­ters: for thou shalt find it af­ter many days. 2 Give a por­tion to sev­en, and also to eight; for thou know­est not what evil shall be upon the earth. 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. 4 He that ob­serveth the wind shall not sow; and he that re­gardeth the clouds shall not reap. 5 As thou know­est not what is the way of the spir­it, nor how the bones ­do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou know­est not the works of God who maketh all. 6 In the morn­ing sow thy seed, and in the evening with­hold not thine hand: for thou know­est not whether shall pros­per, ei­ther this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. 7 Tru­ly the light is sweet, and a pleas­ant thing it is for the eyes to be­hold the sun: 8 But if a man live many years, and re­joice in them all; yet let him re­mem­ber the days of dark­ness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is van­i­ty. 9 Re­joice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judg­ment. 10 There­fore re­move sor­row from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for child­hood and youth are van­i­ty.