11:1 Cast your lechem upon the waters, For you will find it after many days.
11:2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for you knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
11:3 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.
11:4 He that observes the wind shall not sow; and he that regards the clouds shall not reap.
11:5 As you do not know what is the way of wind, or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child , so you do not know the works of Elohim (אלהים) who makes everything.
11:6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening withhold not your hand: for you know not which shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both alike shall be good.
11:7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to hinnei the sun:
11:8 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 hevel (vanity).
11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart 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 Elohim (אלהים) will bring you into judgment.
11:10 Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh: for childhood and youth are hevel (vanity).