ecclesiastes 11:5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

ecclesiastes 11:5 Just as you do not know the path of the wind and how bones [are formed] in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes all things.

5. spirit--How the soul animates the body! Thus the transition to the formation of the body "in the womb" is more natural, than if with MAURER we translate it "wind" (Ec 1:6; Joh 3:8).
bones . . . grow-- (Job 10:8, 9; Ps 139:15, 16).
knowest not the works of God-- (Ec 3:11; 8:17; 9:12).

ecclesiastes 11:5 Just as you do not know the path of the wind and how bones [are formed] in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes all things.

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