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


In Context

1 Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.

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

3 If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.

4 He who observes the wind won't sow; and he who regards the clouds won't 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:2Give portions to seven, yes to eight, for you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.

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 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.