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# Send out your bread on the waters, for you will find it again after many days
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Possible meanings are 1) this is a metaphor that means a person should be generous with his possessions and will then receive generously from others , or 2) that a person should invest his resources overseas and will make a profit from it. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# Share it with seven, even eight people
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Possible meanings are 1) to share your possessions with many people, or 2) to invest your resources in multiple places.
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# seven, even eight people
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"7, even 8 people." This is an idiom that means "numerous" people. AT: "numerous people" or "multiple people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# what disasters are coming on the earth
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Disasters happening is spoken of as if disasters were something that come to a place. Here "on the earth" may imply that these disasters happen to the person who is commanded to share. AT: "what disasters may happen in the world" or "what bad things may happen to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# the clouds are full of rain
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"the clouds are dark with rain"
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# empty themselves on the earth
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"empty themselves on the ground"
# toward the south or toward the north
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Here "south" and "north" represent any direction. AT: "in any direction" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bread]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/water]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/earth]]