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Ecclesiastes 11:1
New King James Version
Ecclesiastes 11:1
New King James Version
The Value of Diligence
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Ecclesiastes 11:1
New Living Translation
Ecclesiastes 11:1
New Living Translation
The Uncertainties of Life
11 Send your grain across the seas,
and in time, profits will flow back to you.[a]
Footnotes
- 11:1 Or Give generously, / for your gifts will return to you later. Hebrew reads Throw your bread on the waters, / for after many days you will find it again.
New King James Version (NKJV)
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