{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/ecclesiastes/11","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T22:45:39.145Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Ecclesiastes","bookSlug":"ecclesiastes","chapter":11,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":10,"nextChapter":12,"totalChapters":12,"totalVerses":10},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Cast your bread on the waters: for you shall find it after many days."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for you know not what evil shall be on the earth."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it shall be."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"He that observes the wind shall not sow; and he that regards the clouds shall not reap."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"As you know not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so you know not the works of God who makes all."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening withhold not your hand: for you know not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes: but know you, that for all these things God will bring you into judgment."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity."}],"citation":{"inline":"Ecclesiastes 11 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Ecclesiastes 11](https://primebible.com/akjv/ecclesiastes/11)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/ecclesiastes/11 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}