2Give portions to seven, yes to eight, for you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.


In Context

1 Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.

2 Give portions to seven, yes to eight, for you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.

3 If clouds are full of water, they pour rain upon the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there will it lie.

4 Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.

Ecclesiastes 11:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:2Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:2Give a portion to seven, yea, even unto eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:2Give a portion to seven, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:2Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:2Give a portion to seven, yea, even unto eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:2Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:2Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don't know what evil will be on the earth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:2Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, For thou knowest not what evil is on the earth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:2Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for you know not what evil shall be on the earth.