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11:1  Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.
11:2  Give a portion to seven, or even eight, for you do not know what calamity may happen on the earth.
11:3  If the clouds are full of rain, they empty out on the land; and if a tree falls to the north or south, in the place that the tree falls, there it will be.
11:4  He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap.
11:5  As you do not know the way of the wind, or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; likewise you do not know the work of God who has made everything.
11:6  In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not let your hand rest; because you do not know which activity will find success, this way or that way, or if the both will be good.
11:7  Light is sweet, and good for the eyes to see the sun;
11:8  for if a man lives many years, may he rejoice in all of them. But let him also remember that the days of darkness are many. Everything that comes is vanity.
11:9  Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and in your early years may your heart do you good; walk in the path of your heart and the desire of your eyes; but know that in all these things God will bring you into judgment.
11:10  Take away anger from your heart, and remove distress from your body, for youth and the dawn are vanity.