Question

The idiom "cast one's bread upon the waters" can be traced back to this excerpt from the Bible. Based on the context, what does the idiom "to cast one's bread upon the waters" likely mean?

Answer 1

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

(Ecclesiastes 11:1–4, King James Version)

Answer 2

To cast one’s bread upon the waters is to do something that, despite its uncertain chances of success, is worth doing because there’s little to lose. [ If, for instance, you see an ad for a good job in the employment section of the newspaper, one that you know will be answered by 1,000 people, you are casting your bread upon the waters by being the thousandth-and-first. Although your prospects

Answer 3

to waste effort on an unworthy cause

to act without sufficient thought

to insure oneself against a future calamity

to be charitable and generous

Answer 4

I think the best answer is to insure oneself against a future calamity

Answer 5

it wasnt i hate this english 12 its hard!!

Answer 6

what was it?

Answer 7

idk it dont let me go back its online (plato)