Ecclesiastes 11:2 - Revised Standard Version CI

² Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you know not what evil may happen on 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Ecclesiastes 11:2 Tagairtí Cros

Nehemiah 8:10

Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord; and do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

Esther 9:19

Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in the open towns, hold the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day for gladness and feasting and holiday-making, and a day on which they send choice portions to one another.

Esther 9:22

as the days on which the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending choice portions to one another and gifts to the poor.

Job 5:19

He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven there shall no evil touch you.

Psalm 112:9

He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures for ever; his horn is exalted in honor.

Proverbs 19:17

He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.

Proverbs 6:16

There are six things which the Lord hates, seven which are an abomination to him:

Ecclesiastes 11:3

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

Ecclesiastes 11:8

For if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you; break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your tranquillity.”

Micah 5:5

And this shall be peace, when the Assyrian comes into our land and treads upon our soil, that we will raise against him seven shepherds and eight princes of men;

Matthew 18:22

Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.

Matthew 5:42

Give to him who begs from you, and do not refuse him who would borrow from you.

Luke 17:4

and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, and says, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

Galatians 6:1

Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Look to yourself, lest you too be tempted.

Ephesians 5:16

making the most of the time, because the days are evil.

Hebrews 13:3

Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them; and those who are ill-treated, since you also are in the body.

1 Samuel 25:8

Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes; for we come on a feast day. Pray, give whatever you have at hand to your servants and to your son David.’ ”