Ecclesiastes/Qohelet 11

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Cast your bread over running waters. For, after a long time, you shall find it again.	1 Cast thy bread upon the running waters: for after a long time thou shalt find it again.
2 Give a portion to seven, and indeed even to eight. For you do not know what evil may be upon the earth in the future.	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 have been filled, they will pour forth rain upon the earth. If a tree falls to the south, or to the north, or to whatever direction it may fall, there it shall remain.	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 Whoever heeds the wind will not sow. And whoever considers the clouds will never reap.	4 He that observeth the wind, shall not sow: and he that considereth the clouds, shall never reap.
5 In the same manner that you do not know the way of the spirit, nor the way that bones are joined together in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the works of God, who is the Maker of all.	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 in the evening, do not let your hand cease. For you do not know which of these may rise up, the one or the other. But if both rise up together, so much the better.	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 pleasant, and it is delightful for the eyes to see the sun.	7 The light is sweet, and it is delightful for the eyes to see the sun.
8 If a man lives for many years, and if he has rejoiced in all of these, he must remember the many days of the dark times, which, when they will have arrived, will accuse the past of 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 So then, rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart remain in what is good during the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart, and with the perception of your eyes. And know that, concerning all these things, God will bring you to 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 anger from your heart, and set aside evil from your flesh. For youth and pleasure are empty.	10 Remove anger from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh. For youth and pleasure are vain.