1. Cast thy lechem upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many yamim.
2. Give chelek (portions) to shivah, and also to shmonah; for thou knowest not what ra'ah shall be upon ha'aretz.
3. If the clouds be full of geshem, they empty themselves upon ha'aretz; and if the etz fall toward the darom (south), or toward the tzafon (north), in the makom (place) where the etz falleth, there it lieth.
4. He that observeth the ruach (wind) shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
5. As thou knowest not what is the derech haruach [see Yn 3:3-8], nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the ma'asei HaElohim who maketh all.
6. In the boker sow thy zera, and in the erev do not let thine hand be idle; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike tovim.