Ecclesiastes 11:2
Share it with seven, even eight people, 2 for you do not know what disasters are coming on the earth. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
In Context
1Send out your bread on the waters, 2 for you will find it again after many days. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:8Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Now let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we have come on a festive day. Please give whatever you have on hand to your servants and to your son David.'”
Esther 9:19That is why the Jews of the villages, who make their homes in the rural towns, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of gladness and feasting, and as a day on which they send gifts of food to one another.
Job 5:19He will rescue you out of six troubles; 1 indeed, in seven troubles, no evil will touch you. 1
Proverbs 6:16There are six things that Yahweh hates, 1 seven that are disgusting to him. 1
Micah 5:5For this shall be the peace— 1 when the Assyrians come into our land, 1 and when they march against our fortresses, 1 then we will raise against them seven shepherds 1 and eight leaders over men. 1
Matthew 18:22Jesus said to him, “I do not tell you seven times, but until seventy times seven.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 11:2-7
The Obligations to Be Liberal; Answers to Objections against Liberality. 1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. 3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. 4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall… Read the whole commentary →