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951 B
951 B
Send out your bread on the waters, for you will find it again after many days
Possible meanings are 1) that a person should be generous with his possessions and will then receive generously from others (UDB) (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor), or 2) that a person should invest his resources overseas and will make a profit from it.
Share it with seven, even eight people
Possible meanings are 1) to share your possessions with many people, or 2) to invest your resources in multiple places.
seven, even eight
AT: "7, even 8" or "multiple" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
what disasters are coming on the earth
Here the phrase "on the earth" means "in the world" or "in society."
empty themselves on the earth
Here the phrase "on the earth" means "on the ground."
toward the south or toward the north
AT: "in any direction"