Ecclesiastes 11:2
Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, For thou knowest not what evil is on the earth.
Young's Literal Translation
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 forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:8'Ask thy young men, and they declare to thee, and the young men find grace in thine eyes, for on a good day we have come; give, I pray thee, that which thy hand findeth, to thy servants, and to thy son, to David.'
Esther 9:19Therefore the Jews of the villages, who are dwelling in cities of the villages, are making the fourteenth day of the month of Adar — joy and banquet, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
Job 5:19In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.
Proverbs 6:16These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven [are] abominations to His soul.
Micah 5:5And this [one] hath been peace, Asshur! when he doth come into our land, And when he doth tread in our palaces, We have raised against him seven shepherds, And eight anointed of man.
Matthew 18:22Jesus saith to him, 'I do not say to thee till seven times, but till 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 →