My LORD’s BibleEcclesiastes 11
1Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
שַׁלַּח לַחְמְךָ עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם כִּי־בְרֹב הַיָּמִים תִּמְצָאֶנּוּ׃ (1697)
See also: Proverbs 19:17, Ecclesiastes 11:6, Matthew 10:42, Luke 6:38, Hebrews 6:10, 2 Corinthians 9:6, Isaiah 32:20, Psalms 41:1-2, Luke 14:14, Galatians 6:8-10, Psalms 126:5-6, Isaiah 32:8, Proverbs 11:18, Deuteronomy 15:7-11, Proverbs 11:24-25, Proverbs 22:9, Matthew 10:13, Proverbs 3:10, Matthew 25:40, Psalms 112:9
2Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
תֶּן־חֵלֶק לְשִׁבְעָה וְגַם לִשְׁמֹונָה כִּי לֹא תֵדַע מַה־יִּהְיֶה רָעָה עַל־הָאָרֶץ׃ (2756)
See also: Nehemiah 8:10, Ephesians 5:16, 1 Timothy 6:18-19, Job 5:19, Psalms 112:9, Proverbs 6:16, Luke 6:30-35, Esther 9:19, Daniel 4:27, Micah 5:5, Zechariah 8:23, Acts 11:28-30, Amos 1:3, Matthew 5:42, Matthew 14:16, Matthew 18:22, Luke 17:4, Galatians 6:1, Hebrews 13:3, 1 Samuel 25:8
3If 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.
אִם־יִמָּלְאוּ הֶעָבִים גֶּשֶׁם עַל־הָאָרֶץ יָרִיקוּ וְאִם־יִפֹּול עֵץ בַּדָּרֹום וְאִם בַּצָּפֹון מְקֹום שֶׁיִּפֹּול הָעֵץ שָׁם יְהוּא׃ (3319)
See also: Malachi 3:10, Psalms 65:9-13, Isaiah 55:10-11, 1 John 3:17, Revelation 22:11, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Luke 13:7, 1 Kings 18:45, Matthew 3:10, Luke 16:22-26, Genesis 1:6, Job 36:20, Job 40:12
4He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
שֹׁמֵר רוּחַ לֹא יִזְרָע וְרֹאֶה בֶעָבִים לֹא יִקְצֹור׃ (1845)
5As 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.
כַּאֲשֶׁר אֵינְךָ יֹודֵעַ מַה־דֶּרֶךְ הָרוּחַ כַּעֲצָמִים בְּבֶטֶן הַמְּלֵאָה כָּכָה לֹא תֵדַע אֶת־מַעֲשֵׂה הָאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה אֶת־הַכֹּל׃ (4393)
See also: John 3:8, Psalms 139:15, Psalms 92:5, Ecclesiastes 8:17, Romans 11:33, Isaiah 40:28, Psalms 104:24, Psalms 139:13-16, Ecclesiastes 7:24, Job 26:5-14, Job 36:24-33, Mark 4:27, Job 5:9, Job 38:4-39:30, Psalms 40:5, Job 37:23, John 9:10, Ecclesiastes 1:6, 1 Corinthians 15:35
6In 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.
בַּבֹּקֶר זְרַע אֶת־זַרְעֶךָ וְלָעֶרֶב אַל־תַּנַּח יָדֶךָ כִּי אֵינְךָ יֹודֵע אֵי זֶה יִכְשָׁר הֲזֶה אֹו־זֶה וְאִם־שְׁנֵיהֶם כְּאֶחָד טֹובִים׃ (3452)
See also: 2 Corinthians 9:10-11, Isaiah 55:10, Haggai 1:6-11, Hosea 10:12, 2 Corinthians 9:6, Zechariah 8:11-12, John 4:36-38, 1 Corinthians 3:5-7, Haggai 2:17-19, 2 Timothy 4:2, Mark 4:26-29, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Ecclesiastes 9:1, Acts 11:20-21, Ecclesiastes 11:1, Proverbs 11:24, Genesis 26:12, Galatians 6:8, Psalms 112:9, Proverbs 3:28
7Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
וּמָתֹוק הָאֹור וְטֹוב לַעֵינַיִם לִרְאֹות אֶת־הַשָּׁמֶשׁ׃ (2680)
See also: Genesis 1:4, Ecclesiastes 7:11, Matthew 5:45, Psalms 84:11, Proverbs 15:30, Job 33:30, Proverbs 29:13, Ecclesiastes 2:13, Job 33:28, Psalms 56:13, Ecclesiastes 6:5, Ecclesiastes 12:2
8But 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.
כִּי אִם־שָׁנִים הַרְבֵּה יִחְיֶה הָאָדָם בְּכֻלָּם יִשְׂמָח וְיִזְכֹּר אֶת־יְמֵי הַחֹשֶׁךְ כִּי־הַרְבֵּה יִהְיוּ כָּל־שֶׁבָּא הָבֶל׃ (2916)
See also: Ecclesiastes 12:1, John 12:35, Deuteronomy 32:29, Ecclesiastes 7:14, Joel 2:2, Job 14:10, Job 15:23, Ecclesiastes 6:11, Ecclesiastes 8:12, Ecclesiastes 8:15, Jeremiah 13:16, Jude 1:18, Job 10:22, Job 18:18, Ecclesiastes 1:2, Ecclesiastes 2:1-11, Ecclesiastes 2:15, Ecclesiastes 2:17, Ecclesiastes 2:19, Ecclesiastes 2:21-23
9Rejoice, 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.
שְׂמַח בָּחוּר בְּיַלְדוּתֶיךָ וִיטִיבְךָ לִבְּךָ בִּימֵי בְחוּרֹותֶךָ וְהַלֵּךְ בְּדַרְכֵי לִבְּךָ וּבְמַרְאֵי עֵינֶיךָ וְדָע כִּי עַל־כָּל־אֵלֶּה יְבִיאֲךָ הָאֱלֹהִים בַּמִּשְׁפָּט׃ (3488)
See also: Ecclesiastes 12:14, 1 John 2:15-16, Ecclesiastes 12:1, Ecclesiastes 3:17, Lamentations 3:27, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Hebrews 9:27, Psalms 119:9, Romans 14:12, Judges 21:25, 2 Timothy 2:22, Job 31:7, Romans 14:10, Ephesians 2:2-3, Proverbs 20:17, Luke 12:19, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 11:6, Ecclesiastes 2:10, Matthew 5:28
10Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
וְהָסֵר כַּעַס מִלִּבֶּךָ וְהַעֲבֵר רָעָה מִבְּשָׂרֶךָ כִּי־הַיַּלְדוּת וְהַשַּׁחֲרוּת הָבֶל׃ (3080)
See also: 1 Corinthians 13:11, Ecclesiastes 12:1, 2 Corinthians 7:1, 2 Timothy 2:22, Ecclesiastes 1:2, Ecclesiastes 1:14, Job 20:11, Psalms 39:5, Psalms 90:7-11, 2 Peter 3:11-14, Job 13:26, Psalms 25:7, Judges 20:13, 2 Kings 2:23, Job 3:10, Proverbs 22:15