BRead] Or, bread-corn (or grain.) upon the waters] Heb. upon the face of the waters, or beside, as Isaiah 32:10. That is, be liberall to the poor, and though it be as a thing ventured at sea, or cast into the water, yet it shall bring thee profit: or, be diligent in husbanding thy grounds, in sowing in those places which are most fertile. thou shalt finde it after many days] As seed, though not presently, yet after some time it will encrease. Worldly men think laying up the way to be rich, but God thinks laying out to be the way. many days] Deuteronomy 15:10. Proverbs 19:17. Matthew 10:42.