Ecclesiastes 11:6

Translations

Modern

Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.

Traditional

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

Literal

In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand, for you do not you know whether this one will prosper—this one or this one, or whether the two of them alike are good.

Latin

Mane semina semen tuum, et vespere ne cesset manus tua: quia nescis quid magis oriatur, hoc aut illud; et si utrumque simul, melius erit.

Original

Hebrew

English

Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.

Notes

Ecclesiastes 11:1–6

All profitable activities involve risk. We should act wisely and trust God for the outcome.

Theme notes and profiles

Laziness and Hard Work

Related verses

2 Corinthians 9:10–11
Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.
Isaiah 55:10
For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
Haggai 1:6–11
You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”
Hosea 10:12
Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.
2 Corinthians 9:6
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
Zechariah 8:11–12
But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as I did in the past,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
John 4:36–38
Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.
1 Corinthians 3:5–7
What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.
2 Timothy 4:2
Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.
Haggai 2:17–19
I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD.
Mark 4:26–29
Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

Glossary

Book of Ecclesiastes

Topics

Agriculture or Farming: Requires: Diligence Agriculture: Requires Diligence Economics: Household Industry: General Scriptures Concerning Morning: The Jews: Transacted Business In Planting a Garden Risk Taking Seed: Illustrative Seed: Sowing of Required Constant Diligence Seed: Sowing, Illustrative of Christian Liberality Sowing Seeds

Ecclesiastes 11:6

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