CHAPTER XI.
CAST thy bread [¹]upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
[¹] Hebrew upon the face of the waters.
CAST thy bread on the face of the waters: for in the multitude of the days——thou wilt find it.
XI. (1.) Cast thy bread upon the face of the waters, for in the multitude of the days thou shalt find it. (This passage is usually taken as an exhortation to liberality. Hengstenberg however understands it to refer to ships and their cargo of grain. [♦]Zöckler refers to Proverbs xi. 24 for a similar sentiment, and Luke xvi. 9; the idea is clearly that of an unexpected return).
[♦] “Zökler” replaced with “Zöckler” for consistency
2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.