1 Send forth thy bread upon the face of the waters, for in a multitude of days thou shalt find it
2 Thou shalt give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou shalt not know what shall be evil upon the earth.
3 If the clouds shall be filled with rain, they shall pour out upon the earth: and if the tree shall fall in the south or in the north, the place the tree shall fall, there it shall be.
4 He watching the wind shall not sow; and he looking in the clouds, shall not reap.
5 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.
6 In the morning sow thy seed, and at evening thou shalt not let thy hand rest: for thou shalt not know whether this shall be right, this or that, or if they two as one being good.
7 And the light is sweet, and good to the eyes to see the sun:
8 If man shall live many years, in them all shall he rejoice; and he shall remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All coming is vanity.
9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and thy heart shall do thee good in the days of thy youth, and go in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: and know thou, that for all these God will bring thee into judgment
10 And put away anger from thy heart, and cause evil to pass away from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.