# Ecclesiastes 11

## Verse Summary

NIV2011 verse same as 1984 | 4 | 40%
NIV2011 verse same as tNIV | 5 | 50%
NIV2011 rejected tNIV, reverted to NIV1984 |  | %
NIV2011 verse verse is new | 1 | 10%

## Word Summary

NIV2011 words same as 1984 | 190 | 88.17%
NIV2011 changed words | 26 | 11.83%
NIV2011 removed words | 26 |
NIV2011 added words | 25 |

## Changes

| Result | NIV1984 | tNIV(2005) | NIV2011
11:1 | tNIV | Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again. | Cast Ship your bread upon grain across the waters, sea; for after many days you will find it again may receive a return. | Cast Ship your bread upon grain across the waters, sea; for after many days you will find it again may receive a return.
11:2 | tNIV | Give portions to seven, yes to eight, for you do not know what disaster may come upon the land. | Give portions to Invest in seven ventures, yes to , in eight,; for you do not know what disaster may come upon the land. | Give portions to Invest in seven ventures, yes to , in eight,; for you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.
11:3 | tNIV | If clouds are full of water, they pour rain upon the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there will it lie. | If clouds are full of water, they pour rain upon on the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will it lie. | If clouds are full of water, they pour rain upon on the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will it lie.
11:6 | tNIV | Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let not your hands be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well. | Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let not your hands not be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well. | Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let not your hands not be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well.
11:8 | tNIV | However many years a man may live, let him enjoy them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is meaningless. | However many years a man anyone may live, let him them enjoy them all. But let him them remember the days of darkness, for they there will be many. Everything to come is meaningless. | However many years a man anyone may live, let him them enjoy them all. But let him them remember the days of darkness, for they there will be many. Everything to come is meaningless.
11:9 | NIV2011 | Be happy, young man, while you are young, and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart and whatever your eyes see, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment. | Be happy, You who are young man, be happy while you are young, and let your heart hearts give you joy in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart and whatever your eyes see, but know that for all these things God will bring you to into judgment. | Be happy, You who are young man, be happy while you are young, and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart and whatever your eyes see, but know that for all these things God will bring you to into judgment.