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1. Invest what you have, because after a while you will get a return.
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1. Cast H7971 thy bread H3899 upon H5921 H6440 the waters H4325 : for H3588 thou shalt find H4672 it after many H7230 days H3117 .
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2. Invest what you have in several different businesses, because you don't know what disasters might happen.
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2. Give H5414 a portion H2506 to seven H7651 , and also H1571 to eight H8083 ; for H3588 thou knowest H3045 not H3808 what H4100 evil H7451 shall be H1961 upon H5921 the earth H776 .
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3. If clouds are full of rain, they will shower on the earth. A tree can fall to the north or south, but it will stay where it falls.
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3. If H518 the clouds H5645 be full H4390 of rain H1653 , they empty H7324 themselves upon H5921 the earth H776 : and if H518 the tree H6086 fall H5307 toward the south H1864 , or H518 toward the north H6828 , in the place H4725 where the tree H6086 falleth H7945 H5307 , there H8033 it H1933 shall be.
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4. Those who wait for perfect weather will never plant seeds; those who look at every cloud will never harvest crops.
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4. He that observeth H8104 the wind H7307 shall not H3808 sow H2232 ; and he that regardeth H7200 the clouds H5645 shall not H3808 reap H7114 .
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5. You don't know where the wind will blow, and you don't know how a baby grows inside the mother. In the same way, you don't know what God is doing, or how he created everything.
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5. As H834 thou knowest H3045 not H369 what H4100 is the way H1870 of the spirit H7307 , nor how the bones H6106 do grow in the womb H990 of her that is with child H4392 : even so H3602 thou knowest H3045 not H3808 H853 the works H4639 of God H430 who H834 maketh H6213 H853 all H3605 .
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6. Plant early in the morning, and work until evening, because you don't know if this or that will succeed. They might both do well.
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6. In the morning H1242 sow H2232 H853 thy seed H2233 , and in the evening H6153 withhold H5117 not H408 thine hand H3027 : for H3588 thou knowest H3045 not H369 whether H335 H2088 shall prosper H3787 , either this H2088 or H176 that H2088 , or whether H518 they both H8147 shall be alike H259 good H2896 .
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7. Sunshine is sweet; it is good to see the light of day.
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7. Truly the light H216 is sweet H4966 , and a pleasant H2896 thing it is for the eyes H5869 to behold H7200 H853 the sun H8121 :
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8. People ought to enjoy every day of their lives, no matter how long they live. But they should also remember this: You will be dead a long time. Everything that happens then is useless.
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8. But H3588 if H518 a man H120 live H2421 many H7235 years H8141 , and rejoice H8055 in them all H3605 ; yet let him remember H2142 H853 the days H3117 of darkness H2822 ; for H3588 they shall be H1961 many H7235 . All H3605 that cometh H7945 H935 is vanity H1892 .
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9. Young people, enjoy yourselves while you are young; be happy while you are young. Do whatever your heart desires, whatever you want to do. for everything you do.
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9. Rejoice H8055 , O young man H970 , in thy youth H3208 ; and let thy heart H3820 cheer H3190 thee in the days H3117 of thy youth H979 , and walk H1980 in the ways H1870 of thine heart H3820 , and in the sight H4758 of thine eyes H5869 : but know H3045 thou, that H3588 for H5921 all H3605 these H428 things God H430 will bring H935 thee into judgment H4941 .
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10. Don't worry, and forget the troubles of your body, because youth and childhood are useless.
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10. Therefore remove H5493 sorrow H3708 from thy heart H4480 H3820 , and put away H5674 evil H7451 from thy flesh H4480 H1320 : for H3588 childhood H3208 and youth H7839 are vanity H1892 .
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