Ecclesiastes 11:1
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| Overview - Ecclesiastes 11 | |
| 1 | Directions for charity. |
| 7 | Death in life, |
| 9 | and the day ofjudgment in the days of youth, are to be thought on. |
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Ecclesiastes 11:1 (King James Version)
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
- Cast
- That is, says Bp. Lowth, "Sow thy seed or corn on the face of the waters;" in plain terms, sow without any hope of a harvest: do good even to them on whom your benefactions seem thrown away
- Dr. Jebb has well illustrated it by the following passages:
- "To befriend the wicked is like sowing in the sea." These, indeed, invert this precept; nor is it extraordinary that they should;
- thy bread
- Deuteronomy 15:7-11 ; Proverbs 11:24 Proverbs 11:25 ; 22:9 Isaiah 32:8
- waters
- Hebrew face of the waters.
- Isaiah 32:20
- for
- 6 ; Deuteronomy 15:10 ; Psalms 41:1 Psalms 41:2 ; Psalms 126:5 Psalms 126:6 Proverbs 11:18 ; 19:17 Matthew 10:13 Matthew 10:42 ; 25:40
- Luke 14:14 ; 2 Corinthians 9:6 ; Galatians 6:8-10 ; Hebrews 6:10