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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 not reap.
5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the
bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou
knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine
hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or
that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes
to behold the sun:
8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him
remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that
cometh is vanity.
9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee
in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and
in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things
God will bring thee into judgment.
10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from
thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.1
References and notes
1. King James Authorized Version
2. Clarke's Commentary - Ecclesiastes 11 - http://www.godrules.net/library/clarke/clarkeecc11.htm
3.
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible - http://eword.gospelcom.net/comments/ecclesiastes/gill/ecclesiastes11.htm
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Structure of
Ecclesiastes 11 |
Give alms to all, vs. 1-4.
The works of God unknown to man,
vs. 5.
Diligence necessary, vs. 6.
Prosperity frequently succeeded by adversity, vss. 7, 8.
There will be a day of judgment,
vss. 9, 10.2
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Synopsis of
Ecclesiastes 11 |
This chapter begins with an exhortation to liberality to the
poor, enforced by several reasons and arguments, and the
objections to it removed; and the whole illustrated by
various similes, vs. 1;
and then it is observed, that a life attended with outward
prosperity and inward peace, and spent in doing good, is
very delightful, and very desirable it is to have it
continued; yet it should be remembered this will not be
always, that many days of darkness in the grave will come;
and after all the whole of a man's life is vanity, as is
often inculcated, vs. 7;
and the chapter is closed with an ironic address to young
men, designed to show them the folly and danger of sinful
courses, to reform them from them, and to put them in mind
of a future judgment, vs. 9.3 |
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