1 Send forth your bread upon the face of the waters;after a long time you may find it again.
2 Make seven, or even eight portions;you know not what misfortune may come upon the earth.
3 When the clouds are full,they pour out rain upon the earth.Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north,wherever it falls, there shall it lie.
4 One who pays heed to the wind will never sow,and one who watches the clouds will never reap.
5 Just as you do not know how the life breathenters the human frame in the mother’s womb,So you do not know the work of God,who is working in everything.
6 In the morning sow your seed,and at evening do not let your hand be idle:For you do not know which of the two will be successful,or whether both alike will turn out well.