Chuándàoshū 10:11

11 Wèi xíng fǎshù yǐ xiān , shé ruò yǎo rén , hòu xíng fǎshù yĕ shì wúyì .

Chuándàoshū 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 (vxl alb) "absque susurro", Pagniuus; "absque sibilo", Tigurine version.

Chuándàoshū 10:11 In-Context

9 Zaó kāi ( huò zuò nuó yí ) shítou de , bì shòu sún shāng . bāi kāi mùtou de , bì zāo wēixiǎn .

10 Tiĕ qì dùn le , ruò bù jiāng rèn mó kuaì , jiù bì duō feì qì lì . dàn dé zhìhuì zhǐjiào , biàn yǒu yìchu .

11 Wèi xíng fǎshù yǐ xiān , shé ruò yǎo rén , hòu xíng fǎshù yĕ shì wúyì .

12 Zhìhuì rén de kǒu , shuō chū ēn yán . yúmeì rén de zuǐ, tūn miè zìjǐ .

13 Tā kǒu zhōng de yányǔ , qǐtóu shì yúmeì . tā huà de mò yǐ , shì jiān è de kuáng wàng .