11 Heb “what is the way of the wind.” Some take these words with what follows: “how the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a pregnant woman.” There is debate whether הָרוּחַ מַה־דֶּרֶךְ (mah-derekh haruakh) refers to the wind (“the path of the wind”) or the human spirit of a child in the mother’s womb (“how the spirit comes”). The understood it as the wind: “the way of the wind” (ἡ ὁδὸς τοῦ πνεύματος, hē hodos tou pneumatos); however, the and take it as the human spirit. The English versions are divided: (1) spirit: “the way of the spirit” (, , ); “the breath of life” (); “how a pregnant woman comes to have … a living spirit in her womb” (); “how the lifebreath passes into the limbs within the womb of the pregnant woman” (); “how the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child” (); “how the breath comes to the bones in the mother’s womb” (); and (2) wind: “the way of the wind” (, margin); “the path of the wind” (, ); and “how the wind blows” (, ).
12 The term “form” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity and smoothness.
13 Heb “the one who is full.” The feminine adjective מְלֵאָה (méle’ah, from מָלֵא, male’, “full”) is used as a substantive referring to a pregnant woman whose womb is filled with her infant ( מָלֵא 2; 571 מָלֵא). This term is used in reference to a pregnant woman in later Hebrew ( מָלֵא). The understood the term in this sense: κυοφορούσης (kuophorousēs, “pregnant woman”).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

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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