Ecclesiastes 11:4

Ecclesiastes 11:4 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

4Whoever watches the wind will not plant;

whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.

4One who watches the wind will not sow and one who looks at the clouds will not harvest.

4He 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].

4He who watches the wind will fail to sow,

and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.

4He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

4He that obserueth ye winde, shall not sow, and he that regardeth the cloudes, shall not reape.

4He who observes the wind won’t sow;

and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.

4Anyone who keeps on watching the wind won’t plant seeds.

Anyone who keeps looking at the clouds won’t gather crops.

4A farmer who waits for the right wind

will never plant any seeds.

If he is always looking at the clouds,

he will never bring in his crops.

4Whoever is observing the wind does not sow, || And whoever is looking on the thick clouds does not reap.