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Ecclesiastes 11:1-2 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 11 · verses 1–2 · King James Version
1Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. 2Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.Ecclesiastes 11:1-2 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 11:1-2 in context
1Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
2Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
3If 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.
4He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Commentary
Cross references
- Ecclesiastes 11:6
- Proverbs 19:17
- Hebrews 6:10
- Matthew 10:42
- 2 Corinthians 9:6
- Isaiah 32:20
- Psalms 41:1-2
- Luke 14:14
Key words (Strong's)
- portionchêleqproperly, smoothnessH2506 →
- knowestyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- watersmayimwaterH4325 →
- breadlechemfood , especially bread, or grainH3899 →
- sevenshebaʻsevenH7651 →
- eightshᵉmôneha cardinal number, eightH8083 →
- Castshâlachto send away, for, or outH7971 →
- findmâtsâʼproperly, to come forth toH4672 →
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Solomon had often, in this book, pressed it upon rich people to take the comfort of their riches themselves; here he presses it upon them to do good to others with them and to abound in liberality to the poor, which will, another day, abound to their account. Observe, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6