Catholic Public Domain Version
" Cast your bread over running waters. For, after a long time, you shall find it again. "
— Ecclesiastes 11:1, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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 waters; for you shall find it after many days.”
“Ignorance of the Future Demands Diligence in the Present Send your grain overseas, for after many days you will get a return.”
“Cast thy bread upon the running waters: for after a long time thou shalt find it again.”
“Put out your bread on the face of the waters; for after a long time it will come back to you again.”
“Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.”
Cast your bread over running waters. For, after a long time, you shall find it again.
Give a portion to seven, and indeed even to eight. For you do not know what evil may be upon the earth in the future.
If the clouds have been filled, they will pour forth rain upon the earth. If a tree falls to the south, or to the north, or to whatever direction it may fall, there it shall remain.
Whoever heeds the wind will not sow. And whoever considers the clouds will never reap.