New American Standard Bible 2020
Ecclesiastes 11:1-6
11CastH7971 your breadH3899 on the surfaceH6440 of the watersH4325, for you 2will findH4672 it 3after manyH7230 daysH3117. 24DivideH5414 your portionH2506 to sevenH7651, or evenH1571 to eightH8083, for you do not knowH3045 whatH4100 5misfortuneH7463 may occurH1961 on the earthH776. 3IfH518 the cloudsH5645 are fullH4390, they pourH7385 outH7385 rainH1653 on the earthH776; and whetherH518 a treeH6086 fallsH5307 toward the southH1864 or toward the northH6828, whereverH4725 the treeH6086 fallsH5307, thereH8033 it 6liesH1961. 4One who watchesH8104 the windH7307 will not sowH2232 and one who looksH7200 at the cloudsH5645 will not harvestH7114. 5JustH3512 asH3512 you do not 7knowH3045 the pathH1870 of the 8windH7307, and 9how bonesH6106 are formed in the wombH990 of the 10pregnantH4392 womanH4392, soH3602 you do not 11knowH3045 the activityH4639 of GodH430 whoH834 makesH6213 everythingH3605.
6SowH2232 your seedH2233 12in the morningH1242 and do not 13beH5117 idleH5117H3027 in the eveningH6153, for you do not knowH3045 whetherH335 14oneH2088 orH176 the otherH2088 will succeedH3787, or whetherH518 bothH8147 of them alikeH259 will be goodH2896.
Notes
- 1. Ecclesiastes 11:1 Deut 15:10; Prov 19:17; Matt 10:42; Gal 6:9; Heb 6:10 ↩
- 2. Ecclesiastes 11:1 Deut 15:10; Prov 19:17; Matt 10:42; Gal 6:9; Heb 6:10 ↩
- 3. Ecclesiastes 11:1 Lit in, within ↩
- 4. Ecclesiastes 11:2 Ps 112:9; Matt 5:42; Luke 6:30; 1 Tim 6:18, 19 ↩
- 5. Ecclesiastes 11:2 Eccl 11:8; 12:1 ↩
- 6. Ecclesiastes 11:3 Lit is ↩
- 7. Ecclesiastes 11:5 John 3:8 ↩
- 8. Ecclesiastes 11:5 Or with many mss spirit into the bones in the womb ↩
- 9. Ecclesiastes 11:5 Ps 139:13-16 ↩
- 10. Ecclesiastes 11:5 Lit full ↩
- 11. Ecclesiastes 11:5 Eccl 1:13; 3:10, 11; 8:17 ↩
- 12. Ecclesiastes 11:6 Eccl 9:10 ↩
- 13. Ecclesiastes 11:6 Lit let down your hand ↩
- 14. Ecclesiastes 11:6 Lit this or that ↩
Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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