Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

Whoever watches the wind will not sow; whoever watches the clouds will 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

One who watches the wind will not sow,
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.

A Conservative Version

He who observes the wind shall not sow, and he who regards the clouds shall not 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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁמר 
Shamar 
Usage: 468

the wind
רוּח 
Ruwach 
Usage: 378

shall not sow
זרע 
Zara` 
Usage: 56

and he that regardeth
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

the clouds
עב 
`ab 
Usage: 32

References

Context Readings

Living In The Light Of The Limits Of Human Knowledge

3 When the clouds are full, they empty rain on the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or whether it falls to the north, the place where the tree falls--there it will be. 4 Whoever watches the wind will not sow; whoever watches the clouds will not reap. 5 Just as you do not know how the path of the wind [goes], nor how the bones [of a fetus] form in a mother's womb, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.

Cross References

Proverbs 3:27

Do not withhold good from its owner when it is in the power of your hand to do.

Proverbs 20:4

The lazy person will not plow in season; he will expect at the harvest, but there [will be] nothing.

Proverbs 22:13

A lazy person says "A lion in the street! In the middle of the highway, I shall be killed!"

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