Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NKJV

NKJV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Ecclesiastes 11 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles
CHAPTER 11
The Value of Diligence
The Value of Diligence
​
1 Cast your bread upon the waters,
​​For you will find it after many days.
2 ​​Give a serving to seven, and also to eight,
​​For you do not know what evil will be on the earth.
​
3 ​​If the clouds are full of rain,
​​They empty themselves upon the earth;
​​And if a tree falls to the south or the north,
​​In the place where the tree falls, there it shall lie.
4 ​​He who observes the wind will not sow,
​​And he who regards the clouds will not reap.
​
5 ​​As you do not know what is the way of the wind,[fn]
​​Or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child,
​​So you do not know the works of God who makes everything.
6 ​​In the morning sow your seed,
​​And in the evening do not withhold your hand;
​​For you do not know which will prosper,
​​Either this or that,
​​Or whether both alike will be good.
​
7 ​​Truly the light is sweet,
​​And it is pleasant for the eyes to behold the sun;
8 ​​But if a man lives many years
​​And rejoices in them all,
​​Yet let him remember the days of darkness,
​​For they will be many.
​​All that is coming is vanity.
Seek God in Early Life
​
9 ​​Rejoice, O young man, in your youth,
​​And let your heart cheer you 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
​​God will bring you into judgment.
10 ​​Therefore remove sorrow from your heart,
​​And put away evil from your flesh,
​​For childhood and youth are vanity.
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
Or spirit
NKJV

New King James Version, © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

The text of the New King James Version (NKJV) appearing on or deriving from this or any other web page is for personal use only. Any other use of the NKJV must be in conformity with the Quotation Policy for the New King James Version. For more information about the New King James Version, the Quotation Policy, and for inquiries about permission to use the New King James Version, go to Thomas Nelson, Inc..

For more information on this translation, see the NKJV Preface.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NKJV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NKJV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Ecclesiastes Chapter 11 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras