Ecclesiastes 11:1
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.In other versions
Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.
ASV
Put out your bread on the face of the waters; for after a long time it will come back to you again.
BBE
Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.
DBY
Cast your bread on the waters; For you shall find it after many days.
WEB
Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it.
YLT
Cast your bread upon the waters: for you shall find it after many days.
ENG
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
WBT
Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
BSB
In context
1Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
2Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
3If 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.