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Eclesiastés 10:11

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11 Muerde la serpiente cuando no está encantada, y el lenguaraz no es mejor.

Eclesiastés 10:11 Meaning and Commentary

Ecclesiastes 10:11

Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment
See ( Jeremiah 8:17 ) . Or rather, "without a whisper" F20; without hissing, or any noise, giving no warning at all: so the Vulgate Latin version renders it, "in silence"; some serpents bite, others sting, some both; see ( Proverbs 23:32 ) ; some hiss, others not, as here; and a babbler is no better;
a whisperer, a backbiter, a busy tattling body, that goes from house to house, and, in a private manner, speaks evil of civil governments, of ministers of the word, and of other persons; and; in a secret way, defames men, and detracts from their characters: such an one is like a venomous viper, a poisonous serpent or adder; and there is no more guarding against him than against such a creature that bites secretly.


FOOTNOTES:

F20 (vxl alb) "absque susurro", Pagniuus; "absque sibilo", Tigurine version.
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Eclesiastés 10:11 In-Context

9 El que mudare las piedras, trabajo tendrá en ellas: el que cortare la leña, en ella peligrará.
10 Si se embotare el hierro, y su filo no fuere amolado, hay que añadir entonces más fuerza: empero excede la bondad de la sabiduría.
11 Muerde la serpiente cuando no está encantada, y el lenguaraz no es mejor.
12 Las palabras de la boca del sabio son gracia; mas los labios del necio causan su propia ruina.
13 El principio de las palabras de su boca es necedad; y el fin de su charla nocivo desvarío.
The Reina-Valera Antigua (1602) is in the public domain.

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