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Ecclesiastes 11:1

Living in the Light of the Limits of Human Knowledge

11 Send out your bread on the water,

for in many days you will find it.

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Ecclesiastes 11:1 — The New International Version (NIV)

Ship your grain across the sea;

after many days you may receive a return.

Ecclesiastes 11:1 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Cast your bread upon the waters,

for you will find it after many days.

Ecclesiastes 11:1 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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

Ecclesiastes 11:1 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Send your grain across the seas,

and in time, profits will flow back to you.

Ecclesiastes 11:1 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Cast your bread upon the waters,

For you will find it after many days.

Ecclesiastes 11:1 — New Century Version (NCV)

Invest what you have,

because after a while you will get a return.

Ecclesiastes 11:1 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Ecclesiastes 11:1 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Ecclesiastes 11:1 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Throw your bread on the surface of the water, because you will find it again after many days. 

Ecclesiastes 11:1 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Send your bread on the surface of the waters,

for after many days you may find it.

Ecclesiastes 11:1 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Send out your bread upon the waters,

for after many days you will get it back.

Ecclesiastes 11:1 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Put your money into trade across the ocean.

After a while you will earn something from it.

Ecclesiastes 11:1 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you will find it after many days.


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