Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Spread your bread on the water after a while you will find it.
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.
A Conservative Version
Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shall find it after many days.
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
Interlinear
Shalach
Lechem
Paniym
Matsa'
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 11:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Living In The Light Of The Limits Of Human Knowledge
1 Spread your bread on the water after a while you will find it. 2 Apportion what you have into seven, or even eight parts, because you don't know what disaster might befall the land.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 19:17
Whoever is kind to the poor is lending to the LORD the benefit of his gift will return to him in abundance.
Matthew 10:42
I tell all of you with certainty, whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple will never lose his reward."
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not so unjust as to forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have ministered to the saints and continue to minister to them.
Ecclesiastes 11:6
Sow your seed in the morning, and don't stop working until evening, since you don't know which of your endeavors will do well, whether this one or that, or even if both will do equally well.
Isaiah 32:20
How happy you will be, sowing your seed beside every stream, and letting your cattle and donkeys range freely!"
Luke 14:14
Then you will be blessed because they can't repay you. And you will be repaid when the righteous are resurrected."
Deuteronomy 15:7-11
"If there should be a poor man among your relatives in one of the cities of the land that the LORD your God is about to give you, don't be hard-hearted or tight-fisted toward your poor relative.
Psalm 41:1-2
Blessed is the one who is considerate of the destitute; the LORD will deliver him when the times are evil.
Psalm 126:5-6
Those who weep while they plant will sing for joy while they harvest.
Proverbs 11:18
Evil people earn deceptive wages, but those who plant righteousness are truly rewarded.
Proverbs 11:24-25
Those who give freely gain even more; others hold back what they owe, becoming even poorer.
Proverbs 22:9
Whoever is generous will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.
Isaiah 32:8
But those who are decent plan noble things, and by noble deeds they stand."
Matthew 10:13
If the household is receptive, let your blessing of peace come on it. But if it isn't receptive, let your blessing of peace return to you.
Matthew 25:40
The king will answer them, "I tell all of you with certainty, since you did it for one of the least important of these brothers of mine, you did it for me.'
2 Corinthians 9:6
Remember this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.
Galatians 6:8-10
The person who sows through human means will harvest decay from human means, but the person who sows in the Spirit will harvest eternal life from the Spirit.