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Ecclesiastes 11:1-3
Contemporary English Version
Ecclesiastes 11:1-3
Contemporary English Version
It Pays To Work Hard
11 Be generous, and someday
you will be rewarded.[a]
2 Share what you have
with seven or eight others,
because you never know
when disaster may strike.
3 Rain clouds always bring rain;
trees always stay
wherever they fall.
Footnotes
- 11.1 Be generous … rewarded: Or “Don't be afraid to invest. Someday it will pay off.”
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