Ecclesiastes 11:3 meaning and explanation
If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon 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, Berean Standard Bible
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The speaker is the Teacher, the wisdom figure whose voice runs through Ecclesiastes, addressing readers who cannot control what happens around them. Verse 3 uses two pictures from ordinary life: full clouds must release their rain, and a fallen tree stays where it lands.
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