Ecclesiastes 11:2
Ecclesiastes 11:2 — English Standard Version (ESV)
2 Give a portion to seven, or even to eight,
for you know not what disaster may happen on earth.
Ecclesiastes 11:2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
Ecclesiastes 11:2 — New Living Translation (NLT)
2 But divide your investments among many places,
for you do not know what risks might lie ahead.
Ecclesiastes 11:2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
2 Give a serving to seven, and also to eight,
For you do not know what evil will be on the earth.
Ecclesiastes 11:2 — New Century Version (NCV)
2 Invest what you have in several different businesses,
because you don’t know what disasters might happen.
Ecclesiastes 11:2 — American Standard Version (ASV)
2 Give a portion to seven, yea, even unto eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
Ecclesiastes 11:2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
Ecclesiastes 11:2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
2 Divide what you have into seven parts, or even into eight, because you don’t know what disaster may happen on earth.
Ecclesiastes 11:2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
2 Give a portion to seven or even to eight,
for you don’t know what disaster may happen on earth.
Ecclesiastes 11:2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
2 Divide your means seven ways, or even eight,
for you do not know what disaster may happen on earth.
Ecclesiastes 11:2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
2 Divide your share in seven or in eight,
for you do not know what disaster will happen on the earth.
Ecclesiastes 11:2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
2 Give shares of what you earn to a lot of people.
After all, you don’t know what great trouble might come on the land.
Ecclesiastes 11:2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
2 Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth.