Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
or how bones develop in
so you don’t know the work of God who makes everything.
New American Standard Bible
Just as you do not
King James Version
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
International Standard Version
Just as you do not understand the way of the spirit in the womb of a pregnant mother, so also you do not know what God is doing in everything he makes.
A Conservative Version
As thou know not what is the way of the wind, [nor] how the bones [grow] in the womb of her who is with child, even so thou know not the work of God who does all.
American Standard Version
As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all.
Amplified
Just 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.
Bible in Basic English
As you have no knowledge of the way of the wind, or of the growth of the bones in the body of her who is with child, even so you have no knowledge of the works of God who has made all.
Darby Translation
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, how the bones grow in the womb of her that is with child, even so thou knowest not the work of God who maketh all.
Julia Smith Translation
As thou wilt not know what the way of the spirit, as the bones in the womb of her being filled, so thou shalt not know the work of God who will make all.
King James 2000
As you know not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so you know not the works of God who makes all.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Just as you do not know how the path of the wind [goes], nor how the bones [of a fetus] form in a mother's womb, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.
Modern King James verseion
As you do not know what is the way of the spirit, as how the bones grow in the pregnant woman's womb; even so you do not know the works of God who makes all.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Now, like as thou knowest not the way of the wind, nor how the bones are filled in a mother's womb: Even so thou knowest not the works of God, which is the workmaster of all.
NET Bible
Just as you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones form in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.
New Heart English Bible
As you do not 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 do not know the work of God who does all.
The Emphasized Bible
Just as thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, when the body is in the womb of her that is with child, even, so, canst thou not know the work of God, who maketh all.
Webster
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor the structure of the parts of conception in her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
World English Bible
As 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.
Youngs Literal Translation
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, How -- bones in the womb of the full one, So thou knowest not the work of God who maketh the whole.
Themes
Ignorance » Man's » Life mysterious
Man » Ignorance of » Life mysterious
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 11:5
Prayers for Ecclesiastes 11:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Living In The Light Of The Limits Of Human Knowledge
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and the one who looks at the clouds will not reap.
or how bones develop in
so you don’t know the work of God who makes everything.
and at evening do not let your hand rest,
because you don’t know which will succeed,
whether one or the other,
or if both of them will be equally good.
Names
Cross References
John 3:8
Ecclesiastes 8:17
I observed all the work of God and concluded that man is unable to discover the work that is done under the sun. Even though a man labors hard to explore it, he cannot find it;
Job 5:9
wonders without number.
Job 26:5-14
beneath the waters and all that inhabit them.
Job 36:24-33
which people have sung about.
Job 37:23
He is exalted in power!
He will not oppress justice and abundant righteousness,
Job 38:4-30
Tell Me, if you have
Psalm 40:5
Your wonderful works and Your plans for us;
none can compare with You.
If I were to report and speak of them,
they are more than can be told.
Psalm 92:5
how profound Your thoughts!
Psalm 104:24
In wisdom You have made them all;
the earth is full of Your creatures.
Psalm 139:13-16
You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
Ecclesiastes 7:24
What exists is beyond reach and very deep.
Isaiah 40:28
Have you not heard?
Yahweh is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the whole earth.
He never grows faint or weary;
there is no limit to His understanding.
Romans 11:33
both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God!
How unsearchable His judgments
and untraceable His ways!