4Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.


In Context

1 Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.

2 Give portions to seven, yes to eight, for you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.

3 If clouds are full of water, they pour rain upon the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there will it lie.

4 Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.

5 As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother's womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.

6 Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let not your hands be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well.

Ecclesiastes 11:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:4He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:4He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:4He that observeth the wind, shall not sow: and he that considereth the clouds, shall never reap.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:4He that observeth the wind will not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds will not reap.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:4He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:4He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:4He who observes the wind won't sow; and he who regards the clouds won't reap.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:4Whoso is observing the wind soweth not, And whoso is looking on the thick clouds reapeth not.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:4He that observes the wind shall not sow; and he that regards the clouds shall not reap.