Ecclesiastes 11:1

bread. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), App-6, for the seed from which it is produced.

upon. upon the surface of.

it. the profit or result of it.

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¹ Cast thy bread upona the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

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