1 Send your grain across the seas,and in time, profits will flow back to you.
2 But divide your investments among many places,for you do not know what risks might lie ahead.
3 When clouds are heavy, the rains come down.Whether a tree falls north or south, it stays where it falls.
4 Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant.If they watch every cloud, they never harvest.
5 Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind or the mystery of a tiny baby growing in its mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the activity of God, who does all things.
6 Plant your seed in the morning and keep busy all afternoon, for you don’t know if profit will come from one activity or another—or maybe both.