Ecclesiastes 11:1

In 11 translations

BSB

Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.

KJV

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.upon…: Heb. upon the face of the waters

WEB

Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.

ASV

Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.

LSV

Send forth your bread on the face of the waters, || For in the multitude of the days you find it.

YLT

Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it.

DBY

Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.

DRC

Cast thy bread upon the running waters: for after a long time thou shalt find it again.

GNV

Cast thy bread vpon the waters: for after many daies thou shalt finde it.

JPS

Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days.

LXXE

Send forth thy bread upon the face of the water: for thou shalt find it after many days.

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Original-language editions

WLC

שַׁלַּ֥ח לַחְמְךָ֖ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הַמָּ֑יִם כִּֽי־בְרֹ֥ב הַיָּמִ֖ים תִּמְצָאֶֽנּוּ׃

LXX-Br

Ἀπόστειλον τὸν ἄρτον σου ἐπὶ πρόσωπον τοῦ ὕδατος, ὅτι ἐν πλήθει ἡμερῶν εὑρήσεις αὐτόν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Ecclesiastes 11:6Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
• Proverbs 19:17Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
• Matthew 10:42And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”
• Hebrews 6:10For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
• 2 Corinthians 9:6Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
• Isaiah 32:20Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.
• Psalms 41:1–2Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble. The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to surrender him to the will of his foes.
• Luke 14:14and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
• Galatians 6:8–10The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we…
• Psalms 126:5–6Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.
• Isaiah 32:8But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
• Proverbs 11:18The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
• Deuteronomy 15:7–11If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother. Instead, you are to…
• Proverbs 11:24–25One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor. A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
• Proverbs 22:9A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
• Matthew 10:13If the home is worthy, let your peace rest on it; but if it is not, let your peace return to you.

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