Ecclesiastes 11:5

Ecclesiastes 11:5 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

5As you do not know the path of the wind,

or how the body is formed11:5 Or know how life (or the spirit) / enters the body being formed in a mother’s womb,

so you cannot understand the work of God,

the Maker of all things.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

5Just as you do not know the path of the 11:5 Or with many mss spirit into the bones in the wombwind, and how bones are formed in the womb of the 11:5 Lit fullpregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes everything.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

5Just as you do not know the path of the wind and how bones are formed in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes all things.

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

5Just 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.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

5As you do not know the path of the wind,

or how the bones are formed11:5 Or As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in a mother’s womb,

so you cannot understand the work of God,

the Maker of all things.

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

5You don’t know the path the wind takes.

You don’t know how a baby is made inside its mother.

So you can’t understand how God works either.

He made everything.

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