--- title: "Ecclesiastes 11 - Study King James Bible with treasury of scripture knowledge" description: "Read Ecclesiastes 11 with treasury of scripture knowledge commentary. 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 sha" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/ecclesiastes/11" --- [ Read](/kjv/ecclesiastes/11)[ Commentary](/study/ecclesiastes/11)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/ecclesiastes/11) Audio 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.* [Ecclesiastes 10](/study/ecclesiastes/10) [Ecclesiastes 12](/study/ecclesiastes/12) ## Commentary To verse 1 **Cast:** That is, says Bp. Lowth, "Sow thy seed or corn on the face of the waters;" in plain terms, sow without any hope of a harvest: do good even to them on whom your benefactions seem thrown away. Dr. Jebb has well illustrated it by the following passages: Vain are the favours done to vicious men; Not vainer tis to sow the foaming deep. The deep no pleasant harvest shall afford Nor will the wicked ever make return. "To befriend the wicked is like sowing in the sea. These, indeed, invert this precept; Nor is it extraordinary that they should. "The one, frail human power alone produced, The other, God." **thy bread:** [Deuteronomy 15:7-11](/kjv/deuteronomy/15/7-11), [Proverbs 11:24](/kjv/proverbs/11/24), [Proverbs 11:25](/kjv/proverbs/11/25), [Proverbs 22:9](/kjv/proverbs/22/9), [Isaiah 32:8](/kjv/isaiah/32/8) **waters:** Heb. face of the waters, [Isaiah 32:20](/kjv/isaiah/32/20) **for:** [Ecclesiastes 11:6](/kjv/ecclesiastes/11/6), [Deuteronomy 15:10](/kjv/deuteronomy/15/10), [Psalms 41:1](/kjv/psalms/41/1), [Psalms 41:2](/kjv/psalms/41/2), [Psalms 126:5](/kjv/psalms/126/5), [Psalms 126:6](/kjv/psalms/126/6), [Proverbs 11:18](/kjv/proverbs/11/18), [Proverbs 19:17](/kjv/proverbs/19/17), [Matthew 10:13](/kjv/matthew/10/13), [Matthew 10:42](/kjv/matthew/10/42), [Matthew 25:40](/kjv/matthew/25/40), [Luke 14:14](/kjv/luke/14/14), [2 Corinthians 9:6](/kjv/2-corinthians/9/6), [Galatians 6:8-10](/kjv/galatians/6/8-10), [Hebrews 6:10](/kjv/hebrews/6/10) **Reciprocal:** [Leviticus 19:25](/kjv/leviticus/19/25) - *General* [1 Samuel 25:11](/kjv/1-samuel/25/11) - give it [2 Samuel 17:29](/kjv/2-samuel/17/29) - The people [2 Chronicles 18:14](/kjv/2-chronicles/18/14) - Go ye up [Psalms 112:9](/kjv/psalms/112/9) - dispersed [Proverbs 3:10](/kjv/proverbs/3/10) - *General* [Proverbs 13:7](/kjv/proverbs/13/7) - that maketh himself poor [Proverbs 14:21](/kjv/proverbs/14/21) - he that hath [Proverbs 31:20](/kjv/proverbs/31/20) - she reacheth [Ecclesiastes 3:6](/kjv/ecclesiastes/3/6) - and a time to cast [Isaiah 58:7](/kjv/isaiah/58/7) - to deal [Ezekiel 18:16](/kjv/ezekiel/18/16) - but hath [Matthew 5:42](/kjv/matthew/5/42) - *General* [Matthew 25:17](/kjv/matthew/25/17) - he also [Matthew 25:35](/kjv/matthew/25/35) - I was an [Luke 6:38](/kjv/luke/6/38) - and it [Luke 11:41](/kjv/luke/11/41) - rather [Luke 16:9](/kjv/luke/16/9) - Make [Acts 2:45](/kjv/acts/2/45) - parted [Acts 11:29](/kjv/acts/11/29) - to send [Romans 12:8](/kjv/romans/12/8) - giveth [1 Timothy 6:18](/kjv/1-timothy/6/18) - ready ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/ecclesiastes/11#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/ecclesiastes/11#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/ecclesiastes/11","name":"Ecclesiastes 11 - Study King James Bible with treasury of scripture knowledge","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/ecclesiastes/11#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Read Ecclesiastes 11 with treasury of scripture knowledge commentary. 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; 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