Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
He who observes the wind shall not sow, and he who regards the clouds shall not reap.
New American Standard Bible
He who watches the wind will not sow and he who looks at the clouds will not reap.
King James Version
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Holman Bible
and the one who looks at the clouds will not reap.
International Standard Version
Whoever keeps staring at the wind won't sow; whoever daydreams won't reap.
American Standard Version
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Amplified
He who watches the wind [waiting for all conditions to be perfect] will not sow [seed], and he who looks at the clouds will not reap [a harvest].
Bible in Basic English
He who is watching the wind will not get the seed planted, and he who is looking at the clouds will not get in the grain.
Darby Translation
He that observeth the wind will not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds will not reap.
Julia Smith Translation
He watching the wind shall not sow; and he looking in the clouds, shall not reap.
King James 2000
He that observes the wind shall not sow; and he that regards the clouds shall not reap.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Whoever watches the wind will not sow; whoever watches the clouds will not reap.
Modern King James verseion
He who watches the wind shall not sow; and he who pays attention to the clouds shall not reap.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He that regardeth the wind, shall not sow; and he that hath respect unto the clouds, shall not reap.
NET Bible
He who watches the wind will not sow, and he who observes the clouds will not reap.
New Heart English Bible
He who observes the wind won't sow; and he who regards the clouds won't reap.
The Emphasized Bible
He that observeth the wind, will not sow, - and, he that watcheth the clouds, will not reap.
Webster
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
World English Bible
He who observes the wind won't sow; and he who regards the clouds won't reap.
Youngs Literal Translation
Whoso is observing the wind soweth not, And whoso is looking on the thick clouds reapeth not.
Themes
Agriculture » Operations in » Sowing
Agriculture or husbandry » Operations in » Sowing
Bearing fruit » Who shall not sow and reap
Topics
Interlinear
Shamar
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 11:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Living In The Light Of The Limits Of Human Knowledge
3 If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth, and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be. 4 He who observes the wind shall not sow, and he who regards the clouds shall not reap. 5 As thou know not what is the way of the wind, [nor] how the bones [grow] in the womb of her who is with child, even so thou know not the work of God who does all.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 3:27
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.
Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard will not plow because of the winter. Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 22:13
The sluggard says, There is a lion outside. I shall be slain in the streets.