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Ecclesiastes 11:1

Context
NETBible

Send 1  your grain 2  overseas, 3  for after many days you will get a return. 4 

NIV ©

biblegateway Ecc 11:1

Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.

NASB ©

biblegateway Ecc 11:1

Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you will find it after many days.

NLT ©

biblegateway Ecc 11:1

Give generously, for your gifts will return to you later.

MSG ©

biblegateway Ecc 11:1

Be generous: Invest in acts of charity. Charity yields high returns.

BBE ©

SABDAweb Ecc 11:1

Put out your bread on the face of the waters; for after a long time it will come back to you again.

NRSV ©

bibleoremus Ecc 11:1

Send out your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will get it back.

NKJV ©

biblegateway Ecc 11:1

Cast your bread upon the waters, For you will find it after many days.

[+] More English

KJV
Cast
<07971> (8761)
thy bread
<03899>
upon
<06440>
the waters
<04325>_:
for thou shalt find
<04672> (8799)
it after many
<07230>
days
<03117>_.
{upon...: Heb. upon the face of the waters}
NASB ©

biblegateway Ecc 11:1

Cast
<07971>
your bread
<03899>
on the surface
<06440>
of the waters
<04325>
, for you will find
<04672>
it after many
<07230>
days
<03117>
.
LXXM
aposteilon
<649
V-AAD-2S
ton
<3588
T-ASM
arton
<740
N-ASM
sou
<4771
P-GS
epi
<1909
PREP
proswpon
<4383
N-ASN
tou
<3588
T-GSN
udatov
<5204
N-GSN
oti
<3754
CONJ
en
<1722
PREP
plhyei
<4128
N-DSN
twn
<3588
T-GPF
hmerwn
<2250
N-GPF
eurhseiv
<2147
V-FAI-2S
auton
<846
D-ASM
NET [draft] ITL
Send
<07971>
your grain
<03899>
overseas
<04325>
, for
<03588>
after many
<07230>
days
<03117>
you will get a return
<04672>
.
HEBREW
wnaumt
<04672>
Mymyh
<03117>
brb
<07230>
yk
<03588>
Mymh
<04325>
ynp
<06440>
le
<05921>
Kmxl
<03899>
xls (11:1)
<07971>

NETBible

Send 1  your grain 2  overseas, 3  for after many days you will get a return. 4 

NET Notes

tn The verb שָׁלַח (shalakh, “to send; to cast”) refers to the action of sending something to someone (e.g., Neh 8:12; HALOT 1995 s.v. שׁלח). The term is traditionally rendered here as “cast” (KJV, NAB, RES, ASV, NASB, NIV); however, some render it “send” (NJPS, NRSV, NEB). LXX uses ἀπόστειλον (aposteilon, “send”).

tn Heb “your bread.” The term לֶחֶם (lekhem) is traditionally rendered “bread” (KJV, NAB, RSV, NRSV, ASV, NASB, NIV, NJPS). However, 11:1-2 seems to deal with exporting goods overseas (D. R. Glenn, “Ecclesiastes,” BKCOT, 1002-3). It is better to take לֶחֶם (“bread”) as a metonymy of product, standing for the grain and wheat from which bread is produced (e.g., Gen 41:54-55; 47:13, 15, 17, 19; 49:20; Num 15:19; 2 Kgs 18:32; Isa 28:28; 30:23; 36:17; 55:10; Jer 5:17; Ezek 48:18; Job 28:5; Ps 104:14; Prov 28:3); see HALOT 526 s.v. 1; BDB 537 s.v. 1.b. It is taken this way by several translations: “grain” (NEB) and “goods” (Moffatt). Qoheleth encouraged the export of grain products overseas in international trade.

tn Heb “upon the surface of the waters.” This is traditionally viewed as extolling generosity from which a reward will be reaped. On the other hand, some scholars suggest that the imagery deals with commercial business through maritime trade. M. Jastrow took this verse as advice to take risks in business by trusting one’s goods or ships that will after many days return with a profit (A. Cohen, The Five Megilloth [SoBB], 181). Sea trade was risky in the ancient Near East, but it brought big returns to its investors (e.g., 1 Kgs 9:26-28; 10:22; Ps 107:23); see D. R. Glenn, “Ecclesiastes,” BKCOT, 1002-3. The verse is rendered thus: “Send your grain across the seas, and in time you will get a return” (NEB); or “Trust your goods far and wide at sea, till you get a good return after a while” (Moffatt).

tn Heb “find it.”




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