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Ecclesiastes 11 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Cast Your Bread on the Waters

Ecc 11:1

Ecc 11:1Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you will find it [fn]after many days.

Ecc 11:2

Ecc 11:2Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth.

Ecc 11:3

Ecc 11:3If the clouds are full, they pour out rain upon the earth; and whether a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, wherever the tree falls, there it [fn]lies.

Ecc 11:4

Ecc 11:4He who watches the wind will not sow and he who looks at the clouds will not reap.

Ecc 11:5

Ecc 11:5Just as you do not know [fn]the path of the wind and how bones are formed in the womb of the [fn]pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes all things.

Ecc 11:6

Ecc 11:6Sow your seed in the morning and do not [fn]be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether [fn]morning or evening sowing will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good.

Ecc 11:7

Ecc 11:7The light is pleasant, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.

Ecc 11:8

Ecc 11:8Indeed, if a man should live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything that is to come will be futility.

Ecc 11:9

Ecc 11:9Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the [fn]impulses of your heart and the [fn]desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things.

Ecc 11:10

Ecc 11:10So, remove grief and anger from your heart and put away [fn]pain from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting.
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NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: in, within
Literally: is
Or, with many mss how the spirit enters the bones in the womb
Literally: full
Literally: let down your hand
Literally: this or that
Literally: ways
Literally: sights
Literally: evil
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