Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsYLT
Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it.
ASV
Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.
WEB
Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
DBT
Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).