5As you don't know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don't know the work of God who does all.


In Context

2 Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don't know what evil will be on the earth.

3 If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.

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

5 As you don't know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don't know the work of God who does all.

6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don't withhold your hand; for you don't know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.

7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 11:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:5As 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:5As 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:5As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:5As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones are joined together in the womb of her that is with child: so thou knowest not the works of God, who is the maker of all.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:5As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, how the bones grow in the womb of her that is with child, even so thou knowest not the work of God who maketh all.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:5As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:5As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor the structure of the parts of conception in her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:5As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, How — bones in the womb of the full one, So thou knowest not the work of God who maketh the whole.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:5As you know 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 you know not the works of God who makes all.