^{1 Ref} Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it.

^{2 Ref} Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, For thou knowest not what evil is on the earth.

^{3 Ref} If the thick clouds are full of rain, On the earth they empty `themselves'; And if a tree doth fall in the south or to the north, The place where the tree falleth, there it is.

^{1 Ref} Put out your bread on the face of the waters; for after a long time it will come back to you again.

^{2 Ref} Give a part to seven or even to eight, because you have no knowledge of the evil which will be on the earth.

^{3 Ref} If the clouds are full of rain, they send it down on the earth; and if a tree comes down to the south, or the north, in whatever place it comes down, there it will be.