“Cast thy bread upon the waters for thou shalt find it after many days.”
Ecclesiastes 11
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1Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
“Cast thy bread upon the waters. For thou shalt find it after many days.”
“cast your bread upon the waters, and you will find it after many days.”
2Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
“Give a portion to seven and also to eight. For thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.”
3If 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.
“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.”
“If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth. And if the tree falls toward the south or toward the north in the place where the tree falleth, there it lies, there it shall be.”
“If the clouds are full of rain, Ecclesiastes 11 verse 3, they empty themselves upon the earth. And if a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it shall lie.”
4He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
“He that observeth the wind shall not sow. And he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.”
“He that observed the wind shall not sow, and he that regarded the clouds shall not reap.”
“he that observeth the wind shall not sow and he that guardeth the clouds shall not reap”
“he that observeth the wind shall not sow and he that regardeth clouds shall not reap.”
5As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother's womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
“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.”
“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”
“just as you do not know the path of the wind and how bones are formed in the wound of the Pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes all things.”
“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.”
6Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
“In the morning, sow thy seed. And in the evening, withhold not thine hand. For thou knowest not whether shall prosper either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.”
“In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand, for thou knowest not whither shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.”
7Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
“Truly, the light is sweet and a pleasant thing, for it is for the eyes to behold the sun.”
8So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
“But if a man lived many years and rejoiced in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is”
9Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
“Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart share thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart and in the sight of thine eyes. But know thou that for all these things God will bring thee into…”
“rejoice, O young man in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, in the sight of thine eyes, but know thou, that for all these things, God will bring thee into judgment,”
“Rejoice so young man in your youth let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth and walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes but know this that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.”
10So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.
“therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh, for childhood and youth are vanity,”
“Therefore remove sorrow from the heart put away evil from thy flesh for childhood and youth are vanity.”