1Exhortations to charitableness. 7Death ought to be remembered in life, 9and the day of judgment in the days of youth.
1CAST athy bread 1upon the waters: bfor thou shalt find it after many days.
1Heb. upon the face of the waters.
a Is. 32.20. Lu. 6.30. De. 15.7. Pr. 21.26. Ps. 112.9. b De. 15.10. Ps. 41.1,2. Pr. 11.25; 19.17. Is. 32.8. Mat. 10.42; 25.40. Lu. 14.13,14; 16.9. 2Co. 9.6-10. He. 6.10,11.
2cGive a portion to seven, and also to eight; for dthou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
c Mi. 5.5. Lu. 6.30. Ga. 6.9,10. 1Ti. 6.18,19. d ch. 12.2; 3.22; 8.7; 6.12. Da. 4.27. Lu. 16.19.
3eIf the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
e Ps. 65.9-13. Mat. 5.45. Ga. 6.9,10. 1Ti. 6.18. He. 13.16. 2Co. 9.6,7.
4fHe that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
f Pr. 3.28. Mat. 16.24.
5gAs thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor hhow the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: ieven so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
g Jn. 3.8. Ps. 139.14,15. h Ps. 139.13-16. i ch. 8.17. Ro. 11.33. Ps. 104.24; 92.5; 40.5.
6jIn the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: kfor thou knowest not whether 2shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
2Heb. shall be right.
j ch. 9.10. Pr. 3.28. 2Ti. 4.2. Ho. 10.12. Ps. 112.9. 2Co. 9.6-10. k 1Co. 3.7. Phi. 4.6. ch. 8.7. 1Pe. 5.7. Ps. 37.5.
7¶lTruly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
l Job 33.28,30; 22.28. Jn. 1.7,9. 2Co. 4.4,6. Mal. 4.2. Ps. 84.11; 8.3. Is. 9.2; 2.3,5; 60.1,19,20.
8But mif a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; nyet let him remember othe days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
m ch. 6.6; 8.12. n Jn. 12.35. De. 32.29. ch. 7.14; 1.2; 12.5. Mat. 24.44. Job 14.10,12. Lu. 16.9. 1Ti. 6.18,19. o ch. 12.1.
9¶pRejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and qwalk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: rbut know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
p 1Ki. 18.27; 22.12. Lu. 15.13. Nu. 15.39. De. 29.19,20. q ch. 9.7. Job 31.7. r De. 32.29. ch. 3.17; 12.14. He. 9.27. 2Co. 5.10. Re. 20.12; 18.7. Ro. 15.12.
10Therefore sremove 3sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: tfor childhood and youth are vanity.
3Or, anger.
s 2Pe. 3.11,14. Tit. 2.11-14. 2Co. 7.1. 2Ti. 2.22. t Ps. 39.5. v.8. Pr. 22.15; 29.15. ch. 1.2,14.