Ecclesiastes 11:1 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.”
Ecclesiastes 11:1 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 11:1 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Ecclesiastes 11:1 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Ecclesiastes 11:1 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.”
Ecclesiastes 11:1 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 11:1 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.”
Ecclesiastes 11:1 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 11:1 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it.”
Ecclesiastes 11:1 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 11:1 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.”
Ecclesiastes 11:1 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 11:1 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Cast thy bread vpon the waters: for after many daies thou shalt finde it.”
Ecclesiastes 11:1 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 11:1 in Context — Ecclesiastes 11
1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
3 If 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.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 11:1 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 11:1 is a verse from the Book of Ecclesiastes, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ecclesiastes chapter 11. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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