| 11:1 | Send* your grain* overseas,* for after many days you will get a return.* |
| 11:2 | Divide your merchandise* among seven or even eight* investments,* for you do not know* what calamity* may happen on earth. |
| 11:3 | If 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. |
| 11:4 | He who watches the wind will not sow, and he who observes the clouds will not reap.* |
| 11:5 | Just 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. |
| 11:6 | Sow 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.* |
| 11:7 | Light* is sweet,* and it is pleasant for a person* to see the sun.* |
| 11:8 | So, 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.* |
| 11:9 | Rejoice, 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.* |
| 11:10 | Banish* emotional stress* from your mind.* and put away pain* from your body;* for youth* and the prime of life* are fleeting.* |
Ecclesiastes 11 - NET Bible [draft]
