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Ecclesiastes 11:3

King James Version (KJV)

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Ecclesiastes 11:3

Verse 3 of 10

Scripture focus

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 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ecclesiastes 11:3

Theological / Devotional

If the clouds. The statement may preferably read, “If the clouds be full, they will pour out rain upon the earth.” Nature operates according to law. Similarly, there are laws in the moral sphere.

If the tree fall. A man cannot determine the direction in which a tree will fall during a violent windstorm. One must learn to prepare for the storm as best he can, and then bend with it rather than attempt to control it. Fanciful interpretations making this verse a comment on death and human destiny are without valid basis.

There it shall be. Whatever adversity may befall, one should not give up, but take things as they are and press courageously onward. Some events are beyond one’s power to influence. Life has many unforeseen events, but these are not to be made occasions despondency and loss of determination.

By SdaBc