Ecclesiastes/Qohelet 11

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.	1 Cast thy bread upon the running waters: for after a long time thou shalt find it again.
2 Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you know not what evil may happen on earth.	2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
3 If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.	3 If the clouds be full, they will pour out rain upon the earth. If the tree fall to the south, or to the north, in what place soever it shall fall, there shall it be.
4 He who observes the wind will not sow; and he who regards the clouds will not reap.	4 He that observeth the wind, shall not sow: and he that considereth the clouds, shall never reap.
5 As you do not know how the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.	5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones are joined together in the womb of her that is with child: so thou knowest not the works of God, who is the maker of all.
6 In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand; for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.	6 In the morning sow thy seed, and In the evening let not thy hand cease: for thou knowest not which may rather spring up, this or that: and if both together, it shall be the better.
7 Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to behold the sun.	7 The light is sweet, and it is delightful for the eyes to see the sun.
8 For if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity.	8 If a man live many years, and have rejoiced in them all, he must remember the darksome time, and the many days: which when they shall come, the things past shall be accused of vanity.
9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.	9 Rejoice therefore, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart be in that which is good in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thy eyes: and know that for all these God will bring thee into judgment.
10 Remove vexation from your mind, and put away pain from your body; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.	10 Remove anger from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh. For youth and pleasure are vain.