Parallel Bible results for "ecclesiastes 10:1-9"

Ecclesiastes 10:1-9

1 Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs 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 inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left.

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

3 Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense, and he says to everyone 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 anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for calmness will lay great offenses to rest.

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 that I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding 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 many high places, 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 slaves on horses, and princes walking on the ground like slaves.

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

8 He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.

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

9 He who quarries stones is hurt by them, and he who splits logs is endangered by them.

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

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