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Ecclesiastes 11

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Ecclesiastes 11 Bible text

WEB: 1WEB

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

ASV: 1ASV

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

WEB: 2WEB

Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don’t know what evil will be on the earth.

ASV: 2ASV

Give a portion to seven, yea, even unto eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

WEB: 3WEB

If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.

ASV: 3ASV

If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.

WEB: 4WEB

He who observes the wind won’t sow; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.

ASV: 4ASV

He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

WEB: 5WEB

As you don’t know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don’t know the work of God who does all.

ASV: 5ASV

As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all.

WEB: 6WEB

In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don’t withhold your hand; for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.

ASV: 6ASV

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

WEB: 7WEB

Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun.

ASV: 7ASV

Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.

WEB: 8WEB

Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.

ASV: 8ASV

Yea, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

WEB: 9WEB

Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

ASV: 9ASV

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

WEB: 10WEB

Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

ASV: 10ASV

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.