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f[Isa. 32:20] Cast your bread upon the waters,
g[Deut. 15:10; Prov. 19:17; Matt. 10:42; Luke 14:14; 2 Cor. 9:8; Gal. 6:9, 10; Heb. 6:10] for you will find it after many days.
2 h[Ps. 112:9; Matt. 5:42; Luke 6:30; 1 Tim. 6:18, 19] Give a portion toiMic. 5:5; See Job 5:19; Prov. 6:16 seven, or even to eight,
j[Luke 16:9; Eph. 5:16] for you know not what disaster may happen on earth.
3 If the clouds are full of rain,
they empty themselves on the earth,
and if a tree falls to the south or to the north,
in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.
4 He who observes the wind will not sow,
and he who regards the clouds will not reap.
5 As you do not know the wayk[ch. 1:6; John 3:8] the spirit comes tolSee Ps. 139:13-16 the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.
6 In the morning sow your seed, and at eveningmch. 7:18 withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.
7 Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes tonch. 6:5; 7:11 see the sun.
8 So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remembero[ch. 12:1, 2] that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes ispch. 2:23; See ch. 1:2 vanity.
9 q[ch. 2:10; 9:7] Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth.r[Num. 15:39; Job 31:7] Walk in the ways of your heart andsch. 6:9 the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these thingstSee ch. 12:14 God will bring you into judgment.
10 Remove vexation from your heart, andu2 Cor. 7:1; 2 Tim. 2:22 put away pain1Or evil from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.