--- title: Ecclesiastes 11 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Ecclesiastes chapter 11 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC/11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Ecclesiastes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC/) / chapter 11 # Ecclesiastes 11 10 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [11:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.11.1/) — שַׁלַּח לַחְמְךָ עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם כִּֽי־בְרֹב הַיָּמִים תִּמְצָאֶֽנּוּ׃ — Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days. - [11:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.11.2/) — תֶּן־חֵלֶק לְשִׁבְעָה וְגַם לִשְׁמוֹנָה כִּי לֹא תֵדַע מַה־יִּהְיֶה רָעָה עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ — Divide a portion into seven, yea, even into eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. - [11:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.11.3/) — אִם־יִמָּלְאוּ הֶעָבִים גֶּשֶׁם עַל־הָאָרֶץ יָרִיקוּ וְאִם־יִפּוֹל עֵץ בַּדָּרוֹם וְאִם בַּצָּפוֹן מְקוֹם שֶׁיִּפּוֹל הָעֵץ שָׁם יְהֽוּא׃ — If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall in the south, or in the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be. - [11:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.11.4/) — שֹׁמֵר רוּחַ לֹא יִזְרָע וְרֹאֶה בֶעָבִים לֹא יִקְצֽוֹר׃ — He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. - [11:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.11.5/) — כַּאֲשֶׁר אֵֽינְךָ יוֹדֵעַ מַה־דֶּרֶךְ הָרוּחַ כַּעֲצָמִים בְּבֶטֶן הַמְּלֵאָה כָּכָה לֹא תֵדַע אֶת־מַעֲשֵׂה הָֽאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה אֶת־הַכֹּֽל׃ — As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all things. - [11:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.11.6/) — בַּבֹּקֶר זְרַע אֶת־זַרְעֶךָ וְלָעֶרֶב אַל־תַּנַּח יָדֶךָ כִּי אֵֽינְךָ יוֹדֵעאֵי זֶה יִכְשָׁר הֲזֶה אוֹ־זֶה וְאִם־שְׁנֵיהֶם כְּאֶחָד טוֹבִֽים׃ — In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. - [11:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.11.7/) — וּמָתוֹק הָאוֹר וְטוֹב לַֽעֵינַיִם לִרְאוֹת אֶת־הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ — And the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun. - [11:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.11.8/) — כִּי אִם־שָׁנִים הַרְבֵּה יִחְיֶה הָאָדָם בְּכֻלָּם יִשְׂמָח וְיִזְכֹּר אֶת־יְמֵי הַחֹשֶׁךְ כִּֽי־הַרְבֵּה יִהְיוּ כָּל־שֶׁבָּא הָֽבֶל׃ — For if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity. - [11:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.11.9/) — שְׂמַח בָּחוּר בְּיַלְדוּתֶיךָ וִֽיטִֽיבְךָ לִבְּךָ בִּימֵי בְחוּרוֹתֶךָ וְהַלֵּךְ בְּדַרְכֵי לִבְּךָ וּבְמַרְאֵי עֵינֶיךָ וְדָע כִּי עַל־כָּל־אֵלֶּה יְבִֽיאֲךָ הָאֱלֹהִים בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ — Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. - [11:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.11.10/) — וְהָסֵר כַּעַס מִלִּבֶּךָ וְהַעֲבֵר רָעָה מִבְּשָׂרֶךָ כִּֽי־הַיַּלְדוּת וְהַֽשַּׁחֲרוּת הָֽבֶל׃ — Therefore remove vexation from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for childhood and youth are vanity. - ← previous: [Ecclesiastes 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC/10/) - next →: [Ecclesiastes 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC/12/) - ↑ back to [Ecclesiastes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC/)