Ecclesiastes 11

Living in the Light of the Limits of Human Knowledge

¹Send out your bread on the water,

²Divide your share in seven or in eight,

³When the clouds are full,

Whether a tree falls to the south or whether it falls to the north,

⁴Whoever watches the wind will not sow;

⁵Just as you do not know how the path of the wind goes,[#Or “the breath”]

so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.

⁶Sow your seed in the morning,

for you do not know what will prosper—

Enjoy Life to the Fullest within the Auspices of the Fear of God

⁷The light is sweet,

⁸For if a man lives many years,

Let him remember that the days of the darkness will be many—

⁹Rejoice, O young man, in your youth,

Follow the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes—

¹⁰Banish anxiety from your heart,

for youth and vigor are vanity.