Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shall find it after many days.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
Holman Bible
for after many days you may find it.
International Standard Version
Spread your bread on the water after a while you will find it.
American Standard Version
Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.
Amplified
Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, [be diligently active, make thoughtful decisions], for you will
Bible in Basic English
Put out your bread on the face of the waters; for after a long time it will come back to you again.
Darby Translation
Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.
Julia Smith Translation
Send forth thy bread upon the face of the waters, for in a multitude of days thou shalt find it
King James 2000
Cast your bread upon the waters: for you shall find it after many days.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Send out your bread on the water, for in many days you will find it.
Modern King James verseion
Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Send thy victuals over the waters, and so shalt thou find them after many years.
NET Bible
Send your grain overseas, for after many days you will get a return.
New Heart English Bible
Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.
The Emphasized Bible
Cast thy bread-corn, upon the face of the waters, - for, after many days, shalt thou find it:
Webster
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
World English Bible
Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.
Youngs Literal Translation
Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it.
Themes
Bearing fruit » Who shall not sow and reap
Benevolence » The duty of » The wise man's advice
Giving and gifts » The reward for giving
Seed » Often sown beside rivers
Seven » Miscellany of sevens » Symbolical » Of liberality
Social duties » Benevolence, the duty of » The wise man's advice
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 11:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Living In The Light Of The Limits Of Human Knowledge
1 Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shall find it after many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, yea, even to eight, for thou know not what evil shall be upon the earth.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 19:17
He who has pity upon a poor man lends to LORD, and he will repay him his good deed.
Matthew 10:42
And whoever may give to drink one of these little ones merely a cold cup in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you he will, no, not lose his reward.
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labor of love that ye showed toward his name, having served the sanctified, and who are serving.
Ecclesiastes 11:6
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand, for thou know not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Isaiah 32:20
Blessed are ye who sow beside all waters, who send forth the feet of the ox and the donkey.
Luke 14:14
and thou will be blessed, because they do not have to recompense thee, for it will be recompensed to thee at the resurrection of the righteous.
Deuteronomy 15:7-11
If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brothers, within any of thy gates in thy land which LORD thy God gives thee, thou shall not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother,
Psalm 41:1-2
Blessed is he who considers a poor man. LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.
Psalm 126:5-6
Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.
Proverbs 11:18
A wicked man earns deceitful wages, but he who sows righteousness [has] a sure reward.
Proverbs 11:24-25
There is he who scatters, and increases yet more, and there he is who withholds more than is proper, but only to want.
Proverbs 22:9
He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.
Isaiah 32:8
But a noble man devises noble things, and in noble things he shall continue.
Matthew 10:13
And if indeed the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.
Matthew 25:40
And having answered, the King will say to them, Truly I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of these my brothers, the least, ye did it to me.
2 Corinthians 9:6
But this, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows in blessings will also reap in blessings.
Galatians 6:8-10
Because he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.