2Ki 7:15, Psa 112:9, Ecc 11:1, Isa 2:20, Jon 1:5, Act 27:19, 38, Phili 3:7-8 | TSK | STEP

Cast.That is, says Bp. Lowth, "Sow thy seed or corn on the face of the waters;" in plain terms, sow without any hope of a harvest: do good even to them on whom your benefactions seem thrown away. Dr. Jebb has well illustrated it by the following passages: "Vain are the favours done to vicious men; Not vainer 'tis to sow the foaming deep. The deep no pleasant harvest shall afford, Nor will the wicked ever make return." "To befriend the wicked is like sowing in the sea." These, indeed, invert this precept; nor is it extraordinary that they should; "The one, frail human power alone produced, The other, God."

thy bread.

De 15:7-11; Pr 11:24,25; 22:9; Isa 32:8

waters. Heb. face of the waters.

Isa 32:20

for.

6; De 15:10; Ps 41:1,2; 126:5,6; Pr 11:18; 19:17; Mt 10:13,42; 25:40

Lu 14:14; 2Co 9:6; Ga 6:8-10; Heb 6:10

Isaiah 2:20

cast.

30:22; 31:7; 46:1; Ho 14:8; Php 3:7,8

his idols of silver. Heb. the idols of his silver, etc.

46:6

each one for himself to. or, for him to.

Jonah 1:5

cried.

6,14,16; 1Ki 18:26; Isa 44:17-20; 45:20; Jer 2:28; Ho 7:14

and cast.

Job 2:4; Ac 27:18,19,38; Php 3:7,8

the sides.

1Sa 24:3

and was.

Jud 16:19; Mt 25:5; 26:40,41,43,45; Lu 22:45,46

Acts 27:19

we.

Job 2:4; Jon 1:5; Mr 8:35-37; Lu 9:24,25

Acts 27:38

they lightened.

18,19; Job 2:4; Jon 1:5; Mt 6:25; 16:26; Heb 12:1

The wheat.The Romans imported corn from Egypt, by way of Alexandria, to which this ship belonged; for a curious account of which see Bryant's treatise on the Euroclydon.