Verse 1
Casting one’s bread on the water probably refers to commercial transactions involving the transportation of commodities by ship, not to charitable acts. [Note: Ibid., p. 1189.]
". . . Eastern bread has for the most part the form of cakes, and is thin (especially as is prepared hastily for guests, . . . Gen. xviii. 6, xix. 3); so that when thrown into the water, it remains on the surface (like a chip of wood, Hos. X. 7), and is carried away by the stream." [Note: Delitzsch, pp. 391-92.]
If you follow the advice in this verse literally, you will experience disappointment. It probably refers to buying and selling.
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