1Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days. 2Give a portion to seven and even to eight, for thou dost not know what evil shall come upon the earth. 3If the clouds are full of rain, they shall empty [themselves] upon the earth; and if the tree falls toward the south or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it shall remain. 4He that observes the wind shall not sow, and he that regards the clouds shall not reap. 5As thou dost not know what [is] the way of the spirit [nor] how the bones [grow] in the womb of her that is with child, even so thou dost not know the works of God who makes all. 6In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, either this or that or whether they both [shall be] equally good. 7Truly the light [is] sweet, and a pleasant [thing it is] for the eyes to behold the sun, 8but if a man lives many years [and] rejoices in them all; yet if afterwards he remembers the days of darkness, for they shall be many, [he shall say] that everything that shall have happened to him [is] vanity. 9Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth and walk in the ways of thine heart and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment. 10Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart and put away evil from thy flesh; for childhood and youth [are] vanity.: