Ecclesiastes 11:1
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Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days.
Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.
Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, [be diligently active, make thoughtful decisions], for you will find it after many days.
Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
Send your bread on the surface of the water, for after many days you may find it.
Send your bread out on the water because, in the course of time, you may find it again.
Send your resources out over the seas; eventually you will reap a return.
Be generous, and someday you will be rewarded.
Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.
Cast thy bread upon the running waters: for after a long time thou shalt find it again.
Do good wherever you go. After a while, the good you do will come back to you.
Freely give your things to other people. If you do that, one day you will receive your things back again.
Cast your bread on the surface of the water. Then, after many days you will find it again.
Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.
Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.
·Invest what you have [L Send/Cast/Throw your bread upon the waters], because after ·a while you will get a return [L many days you may find it].
1 To be liberal to the poor. 4 Not to doubt of God’s providence. 8 All worldly prosperity is but vanity. 9 God will judge all. Cast thy bread upon the waters: for after many days thou shalt find it.
Throw your bread on the surface of the water, because you will find it again after many days.
Invest your money in foreign trade, and one of these days you will make a profit.
Send your bread on the surface of the waters, for after many days you may find it.
Do good things everywhere you go. After a while the good you do will return to help you.
Spread your bread on the water— after a while you will find it.
¶ Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days.
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you will find it after many days.
Send out your bread on the water, for in many days you will find it.
Give generously, for your gifts will return to you later.
Be generous: Invest in acts of charity. Charity yields high returns.
Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.
Throw your bread on the surface of the water, because you will find it again after many days.
Send forth your bread upon the face of the waters; after a long time you may find it again.
Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you will find it after many days.
Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you will find it after many days.
Cast your bread upon the waters, and eventually you will get it back.
Invest what you have, because after a while you will get a return.
Send your grain overseas, for after many days you will get a return.
Sell your grain in the market overseas. After a while you might earn something from it.
Ship your grain across the sea; after many days you may receive a return.
Ship your grain across the sea; after many days you may receive a return.
Cast your bread upon the waters, For you will find it after many days.
Throw your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.
Send your grain across the seas, and in time, profits will flow back to you.
Send out your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will get it back.
Send out your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will get it back.
Send out your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will get it back.
Send out your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will get it back.
Cast thy lechem upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many yamim.
Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.
Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.
Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it.
Teacher: Don’t be afraid to release your bread upon the waters, for in due time you will find it.
Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.
Send thy bread [up]on waters passing forth, for after many times thou shalt find it. (Send thy bread upon the water, and after a time, thou shalt receive it back, and more along with it.)
Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it.
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