My LORD’s BibleEcclesiastes 10
1Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
זְבוּבֵי מָוֶת יַבְאִישׁ יַבִּיעַ שֶׁמֶן רֹוקֵחַ יָקָר מֵחָכְמָה מִכָּבֹוד סִכְלוּת מְעָט׃ (2722)
See also: Matthew 5:13-16, Galatians 2:12-14, Exodus 30:25, Nehemiah 13:26, 2 Chronicles 19:2, Ecclesiastes 7:1, Galatians 2:13, Exodus 5:21, Exodus 30:34-35, Exodus 37:29, 2 Samuel 16:23, 2 Chronicles 16:14, Nehemiah 3:8, Nehemiah 6:11, Matthew 26:7, Galatians 2:2
2A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.
לֵב חָכָם לִימִינֹו וְלֵב כְּסִיל לִשְׂמֹאלֹו׃ (811)
See also: Luke 12:18-20, Ecclesiastes 10:14, Proverbs 14:8, Proverbs 17:16, Ecclesiastes 8:5, Ecclesiastes 10:10, Luke 14:28-32, 1 Kings 12:8, 2 Chronicles 10:8, Ecclesiastes 2:14, Ecclesiastes 9:10
3Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
וְגַם־בַּדֶּרֶךְ [כְּשֶׁהַסָּכָל כ] (כְּשֶׁסָּכָל ק) הֹלֵךְ לִבֹּו חָסֵר וְאָמַר לַכֹּל סָכָל הוּא׃ (2070)
See also: Proverbs 18:2, Proverbs 13:16, Proverbs 17:28, Proverbs 14:33, Ecclesiastes 10:15, Proverbs 18:6, Ecclesiastes 5:3, Acts 22:23, 1 Peter 4:4, Proverbs 12:23
4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
אִם־רוּחַ הַמֹּושֵׁל תַּעֲלֶה עָלֶיךָ מְקֹומְךָ אַל־תַּנַּח כִּי מַרְפֵּא יַנִּיחַ חֲטָאִים גְּדֹולִים׃ (2556)
See also: Proverbs 25:15, Titus 3:1, Proverbs 15:18, Ecclesiastes 8:3, Romans 13:3, 1 Samuel 25:24-44, Proverbs 20:2, 1 Corinthians 13:4, Esther 4:8, Genesis 16:8, Genesis 32:4, Proverbs 16:14, Zechariah 6:8, Genesis 16:6, Genesis 16:9, Genesis 33:3, 2 Samuel 19:19, 1 Kings 12:7, Acts 12:20, Daniel 2:7
5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
יֵשׁ רָעָה רָאִיתִי תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ כִּשְׁגָגָה שֶׁיֹּצָא מִלִּפְנֵי הַשַּׁלִּיט׃ (3955)
See also: Proverbs 29:2, Ecclesiastes 5:13, Ecclesiastes 6:1, Ecclesiastes 3:16, Ecclesiastes 4:1, Ecclesiastes 4:7, Ecclesiastes 9:3, Proverbs 28:12, Proverbs 19:10, Proverbs 26:1, Ecclesiastes 8:14, Isaiah 3:5
6Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
נִתַּן הַסֶּכֶל בַּמְּרֹומִים רַבִּים וַעֲשִׁירִים בַּשֵּׁפֶל יֵשֵׁבוּ׃ (2571)
See also: Proverbs 28:12, Proverbs 14:29, Proverbs 29:2, Esther 3:1, Psalms 12:8, 1 Kings 12:13-14, Proverbs 28:28, Judges 9:14-20, Ecclesiastes 10:17, James 2:3-5, 2 Peter 2:10
7I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
רָאִיתִי עֲבָדִים עַל־סוּסִים וְשָׂרִים הֹלְכִים כַּעֲבָדִים עַל־הָאָרֶץ׃ (2226)
8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
חֹפֵר גּוּמָּץ בֹּו יִפֹּול וּפֹרֵץ גָּדֵר יִשְּׁכֶנּוּ נָחָשׁ׃ (1888)
See also: Proverbs 26:27, Proverbs 11:18, Psalms 7:15-16, Esther 7:10, Amos 5:19, 2 Samuel 17:23, Psalms 9:15-16, Proverbs 11:6, Amos 9:3, Judges 9:5, Judges 9:53-57, Jeremiah 18:20, Proverbs 28:10, Exodus 21:33, 2 Samuel 18:15, Proverbs 23:32, Habakkuk 2:7
9Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
מַסִּיעַ אֲבָנִים יֵעָצֵב בָּהֶם בֹּוקֵעַ עֵצִים יִסָּכֶן בָּם׃ (1072)
10If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
אִם־קֵהָה הַבַּרְזֶל וְהוּא לֹא־פָנִים קִלְקַל וַחֲיָלִים יְגַבֵּר וְיִתְרֹון הַכְשֵׁיר חָכְמָה׃ (2483)
See also: James 1:5, Colossians 4:5, Ecclesiastes 10:15, 1 Corinthians 14:20, Ephesians 5:15-17, 1 Kings 3:9, Ecclesiastes 9:15-17, Genesis 41:33-39, Proverbs 2:11, Acts 6:1-9, Romans 16:19, Exodus 18:19-23, 2 Kings 6:5, 1 Chronicles 12:32, 2 Chronicles 23:4-11, Ecclesiastes 10:2, Matthew 10:16, Acts 15:2-21
11Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
אִם־יִשֹּׁךְ הַנָּחָשׁ בְּלֹוא־לָחַשׁ וְאֵין יִתְרֹון לְבַעַל הַלָּשֹׁון׃ (2367)
See also: Psalms 58:4-5, Jeremiah 8:17, James 3:8, Proverbs 18:7, Psalms 52:2, Psalms 64:3, Proverbs 18:21, James 3:6
12The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
דִּבְרֵי פִי־חָכָם חֵן וְשִׂפְתֹות כְּסִיל תְּבַלְּעֶנּוּ׃ (2302)
See also: Ephesians 4:29, Proverbs 18:21, Colossians 4:6, Luke 4:22, Proverbs 15:2, Proverbs 22:11, Proverbs 10:11, Ecclesiastes 5:3, Luke 12:3, Proverbs 10:13-14, Proverbs 10:20-21, Proverbs 15:28, Judges 12:6, 1 Kings 12:13, Job 4:3-4, Proverbs 10:8, Proverbs 10:31-32, Proverbs 22:17-18, 2 Samuel 1:16, 1 Kings 2:23
13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
תְּחִלַּת דִּבְרֵי־פִיהוּ סִכְלוּת וְאַחֲרִית פִּיהוּ הֹולֵלוּת רָעָה׃ (3149)
See also: Proverbs 10:19, Proverbs 29:9, Ephesians 5:4, 1 Samuel 25:10-11, Ecclesiastes 7:25, Genesis 19:9, Judges 14:15, 1 Samuel 20:26-33, 1 Samuel 22:7-8, 1 Samuel 22:16-18, 2 Samuel 19:41-20:1, 2 Kings 6:27, 2 Kings 6:31, Proverbs 14:16, Matthew 2:7-8, Matthew 2:16, Luke 6:2, Luke 6:11, Luke 11:38, Luke 11:53-54
14A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
וְהַסָּכָל יַרְבֶּה דְבָרִים לֹא־יֵדַע הָאָדָם מַה־שֶׁיִּהְיֶה וַאֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה מֵאַחֲרָיו מִי יַגִּיד לֹו׃ (2049)
See also: Proverbs 17:28, Proverbs 15:2, Ecclesiastes 8:7, Ecclesiastes 3:22, Ecclesiastes 5:3, Ecclesiastes 6:12, James 4:13-14, Ecclesiastes 10:2, Job 35:16, Proverbs 10:19, Job 16:4, Job 34:37, Ezekiel 35:13
15The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
עֲמַל הַכְּסִילִים תְּיַגְּעֶנּוּ אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יָדַע לָלֶכֶת אֶל־עִיר׃ (2261)
See also: Ecclesiastes 10:10, Isaiah 57:1, Jeremiah 50:4-5, Psalms 107:4, Psalms 107:7, Ecclesiastes 10:3, Isaiah 35:8-10, Genesis 19:11, Job 39:16, Isaiah 44:12-17, Isaiah 47:12-13, Isaiah 55:2, Habakkuk 2:6, Matthew 11:28-30, Luke 13:24
16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
אִי־לָךְ אֶרֶץ שֶׁמַּלְכֵּךְ נָעַר וְשָׂרַיִךְ בַּבֹּקֶר יֹאכֵלוּ׃ (1989)
See also: Isaiah 3:12, Isaiah 3:4, Isaiah 5:11-12, Proverbs 20:1-2, 2 Chronicles 13:7, Jeremiah 21:12, 1 Kings 3:7, 2 Chronicles 36:2, 2 Chronicles 36:5, 2 Chronicles 36:9, Proverbs 28:12, Isaiah 28:7-8, Hosea 7:5-7, 1 Kings 20:16, 2 Kings 22:1, 2 Chronicles 10:8, 2 Chronicles 10:14, 2 Chronicles 33:1, 2 Chronicles 36:11, Isaiah 34:12
17Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
אַשְׁרֵיךְ אֶרֶץ שֶׁמַּלְכֵּךְ בֶּן־חֹורִים וְשָׂרַיִךְ בָּעֵת יֹאכֵלוּ בִּגְבוּרָה וְלֹא בַשְּׁתִי׃ (3590)
See also: Proverbs 31:4, Jeremiah 22:15, Isaiah 28:7, Deuteronomy 14:26, Proverbs 28:2-3, Ecclesiastes 10:6-7, Isaiah 5:11, Jeremiah 30:21
18By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
בַּעֲצַלְתַּיִם יִמַּךְ הַמְּקָרֶה וּבְשִׁפְלוּת יָדַיִם יִדְלֹף הַבָּיִת׃ (2491)
See also: Proverbs 14:1, Proverbs 20:4, Proverbs 24:30-34, Proverbs 24:31, Proverbs 21:25, Proverbs 23:21, Hebrews 6:11, Proverbs 12:24, 2 Peter 1:5-10, Proverbs 10:4, Amos 6:11
19A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
לִשְׂחֹוק עֹשִׂים לֶחֶם וְיַיִן יְשַׂמַּח חַיִּים וְהַכֶּסֶף יַעֲנֶה אֶת־הַכֹּל׃ (2206)
See also: Ecclesiastes 9:7, Psalms 104:15, Judges 9:13, Proverbs 21:20, Ruth 3:7, Psalms 112:9, Ecclesiastes 2:1-2, Ecclesiastes 7:11-12, Isaiah 23:18, Isaiah 24:11, Luke 12:19, John 2:3, Philippians 4:15-19, 1 Peter 4:3, Genesis 43:34, Judges 14:10, 1 Samuel 25:36, 2 Samuel 13:28, 1 Chronicles 21:24, 1 Chronicles 29:2-9
20Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
גַּם בְּמַדָּעֲךָ מֶלֶךְ אַל־תְּקַלֵּל וּבְחַדְרֵי מִשְׁכָּבְךָ אַל־תְּקַלֵּל עָשִׁיר כִּי עֹוף הַשָּׁמַיִם יֹולִיךְ אֶת־הַקֹּול וּבַעַל [הַכְּנָפַיִם כ] (כְּנָפַיִם ק) יַגֵּיד דָּבָר׃ (4708)
See also: Acts 23:5, Luke 12:2-3, Luke 12:3, 2 Kings 6:12, Exodus 22:28, Ecclesiastes 7:21-22, Isaiah 8:21, Luke 19:40, Luke 10:40, Jude 1:8, 2 Peter 2:10, 2 Samuel 16:5, 1 Kings 21:13, Esther 2:22