| Ecclesiastes 11:1 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you will find it after many days. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Throw your bread on the surface of the water, because you will find it again after many days.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. |
| ASV: | Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days. |
| BBE: | Put out your bread on the face of the waters; for after a long time it will come back to you again. |
| DBY: | Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days. |
| ERV: | Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. |
| JPS: | Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days. |
| WBS: | Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. |
| WEB: | Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days. |
| YLT: | Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it. |
| Ecclesiastes 11:1 Cross References |
| XREF: | Deuteronomy 15:10 "You shall generously give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in all your undertakings.
Proverbs 19:17 One who is gracious to a poor man lends to the LORD, And He will repay him for his good deed.
Matthew 10:42 "And whoever in the name of a disciple gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward."
Galatians 6:9 Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.
Hebrews 6:10 For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 11:1 Cast thy bread upon the {a} waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
(a) That is, be liberal to the poor, and though it seems to be as a thing ventured on the sea, yet it will bring you profit. |
| WES: | 11:1 The waters - Freely and liberally bestow it upon the waters; upon those poor creatures, on whom it may seem to be as utterly lost, as the seed which a man casts into the sea or river. Find it - It shall certainly be restored to thee, either by God or men. This is added to prevent an objection, and to quicken us to the duty enjoyned. After - The return may be slow, but it is sure, and will be so much the more plentiful. |
| MHC: | 11:1-6 Solomon presses the rich to do good to others. Give freely, though it may seem thrown away and lost. Give to many. Excuse not thyself with the good thou hast done, from the good thou hast further to do. It is not lost, but well laid out. We have reason to expect evil, for we are born to trouble; it is wisdom to do good in the day of prosperity. Riches cannot profit us, if we do not benefit others. Every man must labour to be a blessing to that place where the providence of God casts him. Wherever we are, we may find good work to do, if we have but hearts to do it. If we magnify every little difficulty, start objections, and fancy hardships, we shall never go on, much less go through with our work. Winds and clouds of tribulation are, in God's hands, designed to try us. God's work shall agree with his word, whether we see it or not. And we may well trust God to provide for us, without our anxious, disquieting cares. Be not weary in well-doing, for in due season, in God's time, you shall reap, Ga 6:9. |
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