Parallel Bible results for "ecclesiastes 10:1-14"

Ecclesiastes 10:1-14

1 Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; [so] doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

1 As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.

3 Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one [that] he is a fool.

3 Even as fools walk along the road, they lack sense and show everyone how stupid they are.

4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for gentleness allayeth great offences.

4 If a ruler’s anger rises against you, do not leave your post; calmness can lay great offenses to rest.

5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

5 There is an evil I have seen under the sun, the sort of error that arises from a ruler:

6 folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.

6 Fools are put in many high positions, while the rich occupy the low ones.

7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking like servants upon the earth.

7 I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.

8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.

8 Whoever digs a pit may fall into it; whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

9 Whoso heweth out stones shall be hurt therewith; [and] he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.

9 Whoever quarries stones may be injured by them; whoever splits logs may be endangered by them.

10 If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

10 If the ax is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed, but skill will bring success.

11 If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.

11 If a snake bites before it is charmed, the charmer receives no fee.

12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

12 Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious, but fools are consumed by their own lips.

13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

13 At the beginning their words are folly; at the end they are wicked madness—

14 A fool also multiplieth words: [yet] man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

14 and fools multiply words. No one knows what is coming— who can tell someone else what will happen after them?

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