Ecclesiastes 11:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Give a portion to seven, yes, even [divide it] to eight, for you know not what evil may come upon the earth.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

² Give a portion to seven people, even to eight: you don’t know what disaster may come upon the land.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Give a portion to seven, and indeed even to eight. For you do not know what evil may be upon the earth in the future.

Ecclesiastes 11:2 Cross References

Proverbs 6:16

There be six things which the LORD hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:

Psalm 112:9

He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; His righteousness endureth for ever: His horn shall be exalted with honour.

Job 5:19

He shall deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

Daniel 4:27

Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

Hebrews 13:3

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; them that are evil entreated, as being yourselves also in the body.

Ephesians 5:16

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Galatians 6:1

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of meekness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

Luke 17:4

And if he sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

Matthew 18:22

Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times; but, Until seventy times seven.

Matthew 5:42

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

Micah 5:5

And this man shall be our peace: when the Assyrian shall come into our land, and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.

Esther 9:22

as the days wherein the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

Esther 9:19

Therefore do the Jews of the villages, that dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

Nehemiah 8:10

Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto him for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye grieved; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

Proverbs 19:17

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD, And his good deed will he pay him again.

Ecclesiastes 11:3

If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.

Ecclesiastes 11:8

Yea, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, or ever the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

1 Samuel 25:8

Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee: wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes; for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand, unto thy servants, and to thy son David.