Ecclesiastes 11:1 “Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it…”

Ecclesiastes 11:1

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

Put out your bread on the face of the waters; for after a long time it will come back to you again.

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Cross references

“thy bread”

Isaiah 32:8 Deuteronomy 15:7–11 Proverbs 22:9 Proverbs 11:24 Proverbs 11:25

Isaiah 32:8 · BSB

But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.

Deuteronomy 15:7–11 · BSB

If 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.

Proverbs 22:9 · BSB

A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.

Proverbs 11:24 · BSB

One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.

Proverbs 11:25 · BSB

A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.

“waters”

Isaiah 32:20

Isaiah 32:20 · BSB

Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.

“for”

Ecclesiastes 11:6 Proverbs 19:17 Matthew 10:42 Hebrews 6:10 2 Corinthians 9:6 Luke 14:14

Ecclesiastes 11:6 · BSB

Sow 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 19:17 · BSB

Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.

Matthew 10:42 · BSB

And 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 6:10 · BSB

For 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 9:6 · BSB

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

Luke 14:14 · BSB

and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.

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