Ecclesiastes 11:2
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
In context
1 Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
2 Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
3 If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
4 He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
Ecclesiastes 11:2 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
- KJV King James Version
- Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
- WEB World English Bible
- Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don’t know what evil will be on the earth.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Give a portion to seven, yea, even unto eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, For thou knowest not what evil is on the earth.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.