| NET Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Send your grain overseas, for after many days you will get a return. | 1Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you will find it after many days. |
| 2Divide your merchandise among seven or even eight investments, for you do not know what calamity may happen on earth. | 2Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth. |
| 3If the clouds are full of rain, they will empty themselves on the earth, and whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, the tree will lie wherever it falls. | 3If the clouds are full, they pour out rain upon the earth; and whether a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, wherever the tree falls, there it lies. |
| 4He who watches the wind will not sow, and he who observes the clouds will not reap. | 4He who watches the wind will not sow and he who looks at the clouds will not reap. |
| 5Just as you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones form in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything. | 5Just as you do not know the path of the wind and how bones are formed in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes all things. |
| 6Sow your seed in the morning, and do not stop working until the evening; for you do not know which activity will succeed--whether this one or that one, or whether both will prosper equally. | 6Sow your seed in the morning and do not be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether morning or evening sowing will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good. |
| 7Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for a person to see the sun. | 7The light is pleasant, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun. |
| 8So, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many--all that is about to come is obscure. | 8Indeed, if a man should live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything that is to come will be futility. |
| 9Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions. | 9Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things. |
| 10Banish emotional stress from your mind. and put away pain from your body; for youth and the prime of life are fleeting. | 10So, remove grief and anger from your heart and put away pain from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting. |
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