Ecclesiastes 11:2
Giue a portion to seuen, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what euill shalbe vpon ye earth.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
1Cast thy bread vpon the waters: for after many daies thou shalt finde it.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:8Aske thy seruants and they wil shew thee. Wherefore let these yong men finde fauour in thine eyes: (for we come in a good season) giue, I pray thee, whatsoeuer commeth to thine hand vnto thy seruants, and to thy sonne Dauid.
Esther 9:19Therefore the Iewes of the villages that dwelt in the vnwalled townes, kept the foureteenth day of the moneth Adar with ioy and feasting, euen a ioyfull day, and euery one sent presents vnto his neighbour.
Job 5:19He shall deliuer thee in sixe troubles, and in the seuenth the euill shall not touch thee.
Proverbs 6:16These sixe things doeth the Lord hate: yea, his soule abhorreth seuen:
Micah 5:5And hee shall be our peace when Asshur shall come into our lande: when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seuen shepheardes, and eight principall men.
Matthew 18:22Iesus said vnto him, I say not to thee, Vnto seuen times, but, Vnto seuentie times seuen times.
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 →