Ecclesiastes 11:1
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 11 connects to 10 cross-references. Qohelet urges action without waiting for perfect conditions: cast your bread upon the waters for you will find it after many days. Plant in the morning and evening since you do not know which will prosper. The final section turns …
Other Translations
Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.
Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it.
Put out your bread on the face of the waters; for after a long time it will come back to you again.
Cross References
Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
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For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit …