⁵As you do not know the way ^kthe spirit comes to ^lthe bones in the womb¹ of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.

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Footnotes

1Some Hebrew manuscripts, Targum; most Hebrew manuscripts As you do not know the way of the wind, or how the bones grow in the womb

Cross references

k[ch. 1:6; John 3:8]
lSee Ps. 139:13–16

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

As you do not know the path of the wind,

or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb,

so you cannot understand the work of God,

the Maker of all things.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Just as you don’t know the path of the wind,

or how bones develop in the womb of a pregnant woman,

so also you don’t know the work of God who makes everything.

NLTNew Living Translation

Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind or the mystery of a tiny baby growing in its mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the activity of God, who does all things.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Just as you do not know how the path of the wind goes,

nor how the bones of a fetus form in a mother’s womb,

so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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