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Ecclesiastes 11:3 - Compare All Versions

Ecclesiastes 11:3-4 MSG (The Message)

When the clouds are full of water, it rains. When the wind blows down a tree, it lies where it falls. Don’t sit there watching the wind. Do your own work. Don’t stare at the clouds. Get on with your life.

Ecclesiastes 11:3 KJV (King James Version)

If 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.

Ecclesiastes 11:3 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

If the clouds are full, they pour out rain upon the earth; and whether a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, wherever the tree falls, there it lies.

Ecclesiastes 11:3 NCV (New Century Version)

If clouds are full of rain, they will shower on the earth. A tree can fall to the north or south, but it will stay where it falls.

Ecclesiastes 11:3 ASV (American Standard Version)

If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.

Ecclesiastes 11:3 NIVUK (New International Version (Anglicised))

If clouds are full of water, they pour rain on the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.

Ecclesiastes 11:3 NKJV (New King James Version)

If the clouds are full of rain, They empty themselves upon the earth; And if a tree falls to the south or the north, In the place where the tree falls, there it shall lie.

Ecclesiastes 11:3 AMP (Amplified Bible)

If the clouds are full [of rain], they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it lies.

Ecclesiastes 11:3 NLT (New Living Translation)

When clouds are heavy, the rains come down. Whether a tree falls north or south, it stays where it falls.

Ecclesiastes 11:3 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

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.