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Ecclesiastes 11:3

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

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Ecclesiastes 11:3 — The New International Version (NIV)

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 — English Standard Version (ESV)

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.

Ecclesiastes 11:3 — New Living Translation (NLT)

When clouds are heavy, the rains come down.

Whether a tree falls north or south, it stays where it falls.

Ecclesiastes 11:3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

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 — New Century Version (NCV)

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 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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 it shall be.

Ecclesiastes 11:3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

If the clouds are full of rain, they will let it pour down on the earth. If a tree falls north or south, the tree will remain where it fell. 

Ecclesiastes 11:3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain on the earth;

whether a tree falls to the south or the north,

the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.

Ecclesiastes 11:3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

When clouds are full,

they empty rain on the earth;

whether a tree falls to the south or to the north,

in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.

Ecclesiastes 11:3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

When the clouds are full,

they empty rain on the earth.

Whether a tree falls to the south or whether it falls to the north,

the place where the tree falls—there it will be.

Ecclesiastes 11:3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Clouds that are full of water

pour rain down on the earth.

A tree might fall to the south or the north.

It will stay in the place where it falls.

Ecclesiastes 11:3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

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.


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