Sinai LogoSinai

Ecclesiastes 11:6

World English Bible

In the morning sow your seed,
and in the evening don’t withhold your hand;
for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that,
or whether they both will be equally good.

Read all of Ecclesiastes 11Open in the Sinai app

Ecclesiastes 11:6 in other translations

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

Ecclesiastes 11:6 · American Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 11:6 in context

  1. 4He who observes the wind won’t sow;
    and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.
  2. 5As 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.
  3. 6In the morning sow your seed,
    and in the evening don’t withhold your hand;
    for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that,
    or whether they both will be equally good.
  4. 7Truly the light is sweet,
    and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun.
  5. 8Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all;
    but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many.
    All that comes is vanity.