Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Just as you do not
King James Version
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
Holman Bible
or how bones develop in
so you don’t know the work of God who makes everything.
International Standard Version
Just as you do not understand the way of the spirit in the womb of a pregnant mother, so also you do not know what God is doing in everything he makes.
A Conservative Version
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.
American Standard Version
As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all.
Amplified
Just as you do not know the way and path of the wind or how the bones are formed in the womb of a pregnant woman, even so you do not know the activity of God who makes all things.
Bible in Basic English
As you have no knowledge of the way of the wind, or of the growth of the bones in the body of her who is with child, even so you have no knowledge of the works of God who has made all.
Darby Translation
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, how the bones grow in the womb of her that is with child, even so thou knowest not the work of God who maketh all.
Julia Smith Translation
As thou wilt not know what the way of the spirit, as the bones in the womb of her being filled, so thou shalt not know the work of God who will make all.
King James 2000
As you know not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so you know not the works of God who makes all.
Lexham Expanded Bible
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.
Modern King James verseion
As you do not know what is the way of the spirit, as how the bones grow in the pregnant woman's womb; even so you do not know the works of God who makes all.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Now, like as thou knowest not the way of the wind, nor how the bones are filled in a mother's womb: Even so thou knowest not the works of God, which is the workmaster of all.
NET Bible
Just as you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones form in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.
New Heart English Bible
As you do not know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you do not know the work of God who does all.
The Emphasized Bible
Just as thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, when the body is in the womb of her that is with child, even, so, canst thou not know the work of God, who maketh all.
Webster
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor the structure of the parts of conception in her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
World English Bible
As you don't know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don't know the work of God who does all.
Youngs Literal Translation
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, How -- bones in the womb of the full one, So thou knowest not the work of God who maketh the whole.
Themes
Ignorance » Man's » Life mysterious
Man » Ignorance of » Life mysterious
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 11:5
Prayers for Ecclesiastes 11:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Living In The Light Of The Limits Of Human Knowledge
4
He that observes the wind shall not sow, and he that regards the clouds shall not reap.
5 Just as you do not
Names
Cross References
John 3:8
The wind blows where it desires, and thou hearest the sound of it, but canst not tell from where it comes or where it goes; so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Ecclesiastes 8:17
And I have seen regarding all the works of God that man cannot attain to understand the work that is being done under the sun, because though a man labours to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; even though the wise man says that he knows it, yet he shall not be able to attain it.
Job 5:9
who does great things that no one can understand, and marvels that have no explanation;
Job 26:5-14
Dead things are formed under the waters and of its dwelling places.
Job 36:24-33
Remember to magnify his work, which men behold.
Job 37:23
Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out; he is excellent in power and in judgment, and in plenty of righteousness he will not afflict.
Job 38:4-30
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Cause me to know, if thou hast understanding.
Psalm 40:5
Thou hast increased, O LORD my God, thy wonderful works which thou hast done and thy thoughts regarding us; they are beyond our ability to express, declare, or speak; they cannot be told.
Psalm 92:5
O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
Psalm 104:24
O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom thou hast made them all; the earth is full of thy riches.
Psalm 139:13-16
For thou hast possessed my kidneys: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
Ecclesiastes 7:24
That which has been is far off and that which is exceeding deep, who can find it out?
Isaiah 40:28
Hast thou not known? Hast thou not heard that the God of the age is the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth? He does not faint, nor is he weary; and there is no one that can attain to his intelligence.
Romans 11:33
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments and his ways past finding out!