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Eclesiastes 10:11

Listen to Eclesiastes 10:11
11 Se a cobra morder antes de estar encantada, não há vantagem no encantador.

Eclesiastes 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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Eclesiastes 10:11 In-Context

9 Aquele que tira pedras é maltratado por elas, e o que racha lenha corre perigo nisso.
10 Se estiver embotado o ferro, e não se afiar o corte, então se deve pôr mais força; mas a sabedoria é proveitosa para dar prosperidade.
11 Se a cobra morder antes de estar encantada, não há vantagem no encantador.
12 As palavras da boca do sábio são cheias de graça, mas os lábios do tolo o devoram.
13 O princípio das palavras da sua boca é estultícia, e o fim do seu discurso é loucura perversa.
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