1 Cast your bread upon the waters: for you shall find it after many days.
2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for you know not what evil shall be upon the Earth.
3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the Earth: and if the tree fall toward the South, or toward the North, in the place where the tree falls, there it shall be.
4 He who observes the wind shall not sow; and he who regards the clouds shall not reap.
5 As you know not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her who is with child: even so you know not the works of God who makes all.
6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening withhold not your hand: for you know not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the sun:
8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that comes is vapor.
9 Rejoice, Oh young man, in your youth; and let your mind cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes: but know you, that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
10 Therefore remove sorrow from your mind, and put away evil from your flesh: for childhood and youth are vapor.