Eclesiastés 10:11

11 Si mordiere la serpiente no encantada; no es más el lenguaraz.

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.

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Eclesiastés 10:11 In-Context

9 El que mudare las piedras, tribulación 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; pero excede la bondad de la sabiduría.

11 Si mordiere la serpiente no encantada; no es más el lenguaraz.

12 Las palabras de la boca del sabio son gracia; mas los labios del loco lo echan a perder.

13 El comienzo de las palabras de su boca es locura; y el fin de su charla nocivo desvarío.