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Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. — Ecclesiastes 11:1

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Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

In the original Hebrew

שַׁלַּ֥ח לַחְמְךָ֖ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הַמָּ֑יִם כִּֽי־בְרֹ֥ב הַיָּמִ֖ים תִּמְצָאֶֽנּוּ׃

Ecclesiastes 11:1
931 BC
★ 3.7
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Citation
The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 11:1).

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