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World English Bible Classic
[1] Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odor;
so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.
[2] A wise man’s heart is at his right hand,
but a fool’s heart at his left. [3] Yes also when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool. [4] If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don’t leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest. [5] There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler. [6] Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place. [7] I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking like servants on the earth. [8] He who digs a pit may fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake. [9] Whoever carves out stones may be injured by them. Whoever splits wood may be endangered by it. [10] If the ax is blunt, and one doesn’t sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success. [11] If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer’s tongue. [12] The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips. [13] The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. [14] A fool also multiplies words.Man doesn’t know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him? [15] The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn’t know how to go to the city.
[16] Woe to you, land, when your king is a child,
and your princes eat in the morning!
[17] Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles,
and your princes eat in due season,
for strength, and not for drunkenness!
[18] By slothfulness the roof sinks in;
and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
[19] A feast is made for laughter,
and wine makes the life glad;
and money is the answer for all things.
[20] Don’t curse the king, no, not in your thoughts;
and don’t curse the rich in your bedroom,
for a bird of the sky may carry your voice,
and that which has wings may tell the matter.
King James Version
[1] Dead H4194 flies H2070§ cause the ointment H8081 of the apothecary H7543 to send forth H5042 a stinking savour: H887 so doth a little H4592 folly H5531 him that is in reputation H3368 for wisdom H2451 and honour. H3519 [2] A wise man’s H2450 heart H3820 is at his right hand; H3225 but a fool’s H3684 heart H3820 at his left. H8040 [3] Yea also, when he that is a fool H5530 walketh H1980 by the way, H1870 his wisdom H3820§ faileth H2638 him, and he saith H559 to every one that he is a fool. H5530 [4] If the spirit H7307 of the ruler H4910 rise up H5927 against H5921 thee, leave H3240 not H408 thy place; H4725 for H3588 yielding H4832 pacifieth H3240 great H1419 offences. H2399 [5] There is H3426 an evil H7451 which I have seen H7200 under the sun, H8121 as an error H7684 which proceedeth H3318 from H6440§ the ruler: H7989 [6] folly H5529 is set H5414 in great H7227 dignity, H4791§ and the rich H6223 sit H3427 in low place. H8216 [7] I have seen H7200 servants H5650 upon H5921 horses, H5483 and princes H8269 walking H1980 as servants H5650 upon H5921 the earth. H776 [8] He that diggeth H2658 a pit H1475 shall fall H5307 into it; and whoso breaketh H6555 an hedge, H1447 a serpent H5175 shall bite H5391 him. [9] Whoso removeth H5265 stones H68 shall be hurt H6087 therewith; and he that cleaveth H1234 wood H6086 shall be endangered H5533 thereby. [10] If the iron H1270 be blunt, H6949 and he do not whet H7043 the edge, H6440 then must he put H1396 to more strength: H2428 but wisdom H2451 is profitable H3504 to direct. H3787 [11] Surely the serpent H5175 will bite H5391 without enchantment; H3908 and a babbler H3956§ H1167 is no better. H3504 [12] The words H1697 of a wise man’s H2450 mouth H6310 are gracious; H2580§ but the lips H8193 of a fool H3684 will swallow up H1104 himself. [13] The beginning H8462 of the words H1697 of his mouth H6310 is foolishness: H5531 and the end H319 of his talk H6310§ is mischievous H7451 madness. H1948 [14] A fool H5530 also is full H7235 of words: H1697§ a man H120 cannot tell H3045 what H4100 shall be; and what shall be after H310 him, who can tell H5046 him? [15] The labour H5999 of the foolish H3684 wearieth H3021 every one of them, because he knoweth H3045 not H3808 how to go H3212 to the city. H5892 [16] Woe H337 to thee, O land, H776 when thy king H4428 is a child, H5288 and thy princes H8269 eat H398 in the morning! H1242 [17] Blessed H835 art thou, O land, H776 when thy king H4428 is the son H1121 of nobles, H2715 and thy princes H8269 eat H398 in due season, H6256 for strength, H1369 and not for drunkenness! H8358 [18] By much slothfulness H6103 the building H4746 decayeth; H4355 and through idleness H8220 of the hands H3027 the house H1004 droppeth through. H1811 [19] A feast H3899 is made H6213 for laughter, H7814 and wine H3196 maketh merry: H8055§ H2416 but money H3701 answereth H6030 all things. [20] Curse H7043 not H408 the king, H4428 no not in thy thought; H4093§ and curse H7043 not H408 the rich H6223 in thy bedchamber: H2315 H4904 for H3588 a bird H5775 of the air H8064 shall carry H3212 H853 the voice, H6963 and that which hath H1167 wings H3671 shall tell H5046 the matter. H1697

Footnotes

  1. § 10:1 Heb. Flies of death
  2. § 10:3 Heb. his heart
  3. § 10:5 Heb. from before
  4. § 10:6 Heb. in great heights
  5. § 10:11 Heb. the master of the tongue
  6. § 10:12 Heb. grace
  7. § 10:13 Heb. his mouth
  8. § 10:14 Heb. multiplieth words
  9. § 10:19 Heb. maketh glad the life
  10. § 10:20 Or, conscience
Septuaginta
[1] Μυῖαι θανατοῦσαι G2289 σαπριοῦσιν σκευασίαν ἐλαίου G1637 ἡδύσματος· τίμιον G5093 ὀλίγον G3641 σοφίας G4678 ὑπὲρ G5228 δόξαν G1391 ἀφροσύνης G877 μεγάλης. G3173 [2] Καρδία G2588 σοφοῦ G4680 εἰς G1519 δεξιὸν G1188 αὐτοῦ, G846 καὶ G2532 καρδία G2588 ἄφρονος G878 εἰς G1519 ἀριστερὸν G710 αὐτοῦ· G846 [3] καί G2532 γε G1065 ἐν G1722 ὁδῷ G3598 ὅταν G3752 ἄφρων G878 πορεύηται, G4198 καρδία G2588 αὐτοῦ G846 ὑστερήσει, G5302 καὶ G2532 ἃ G3739 λογιεῖται G3049 πάντα G3956 ἀφροσύνη G877 ἐστίν. G2076 [4] Ἐὰν G1437 πνεῦμα G4151 τοῦ G3588 ἐξουσιάζοντος G1850 ἀναβῇ G305 ἐπὶ G1909 σέ, G4571 τόπον G5117 σου G4675 μὴ G3361 ἀφῇς, G863 ὅτι G3754 ἴαμα G2386 καταπαύσει G2664 ἁμαρτίας G266 μεγάλας. G3173 [5] Ἔστιν G2076 πονηρία, G4189 ἣν G3739 εἶδον G1492 ὑπὸ G5259 τὸν G3588 ἥλιον, G2246 ὡς G5613 ἀκούσιον, ὃ G3739 ἐξῆλθεν G1831 ἀπὸ G575 προσώπου G4383 τοῦ G3588 ἐξουσιάζοντος· G1850 [6] ἐδόθη G1325 ὁ G3588 ἄφρων G878 ἐν G1722 ὕψεσι G5311 μεγάλοις, G3173 καὶ G2532 πλούσιοι G4145 ἐν G1722 ταπεινῷ G5011 καθήσονται· G2521 [7] εἶδον G1492 δούλους G1401 ἐφ’ G1909 ἵππους G2462 καὶ G2532 ἄρχοντας G758 πορευομένους G4198 ὡς G5613 δούλους G1401 ἐπὶ G1909 τῆς G3588 γῆς. G1093 [8] Ὁ G3588 ὀρύσσων G3736 βόθρον ἐν G1722 αὐτῷ G846 ἐμπεσεῖται, G1706 καὶ G2532 καθαιροῦντα G2507 φραγμόν, G5418 δήξεται G1143 αὐτὸν G846 ὄφις· G3789 [9] ἐξαίρων G1808 λίθους G3037 διαπονηθήσεται G1278 ἐν G1722 αὐτοῖς, G846 σχίζων G4977 ξύλα G3586 κινδυνεύσει G2793 ἐν G1722 αὐτοῖς. G846 [10] Ἐὰν G1437 ἐκπέσῃ G1601 τὸ G3588 σιδήριον, καὶ G2532 αὐτὸς G846 πρόσωπον G4383 ἐτάραξεν, G5015 καὶ G2532 δυνάμεις G1411 δυναμώσει, G1412 καὶ G2532 περισσεία G4050 τοῦ G3588 ἀνδρείου σοφία. G4678 [11] Ἐὰν G1437 δάκῃ G1143 ὁ G3588 ὄφις G3789 ἐν G1722 οὐ G3756 ψιθυρισμῷ, G5587 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἔστιν G2076 περισσεία G4050 τῷ G3588 ἐπᾴδοντι. [12] Λόγοι G3056 στόματος G4750 σοφοῦ G4680 χάρις, G5485 καὶ G2532 χείλη G5491 ἄφρονος G878 καταποντιοῦσιν G2670 αὐτόν· G846 [13] ἀρχὴ G746 λόγων G3056 στόματος G4750 αὐτοῦ G846 ἀφροσόνη, G877 καὶ G2532 ἐσχάτη G2078 στόματος G4750 αὐτοῦ G846 περιφέρεια πονηρά· G4190 [14] καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 ἄφρων G878 πληθύνει G4129 λόγους. G3056 Οὐκ G3756 ἔγνω G1097 ὁ G3588 ἄνθρωπος G444 τί G5101 τὸ G3588 γενόμενον, G1096 καὶ G2532 τί G5101 τὸ G3588 ἐσόμενον G2071 ὀπίσω G3694 αὐτοῦ, G846 τίς G5101 ἀναγγελεῖ G312 αὐτῷ; G846 [15] Μόχθος G3449 τῶν G3588 ἀφρόνων G878 κοπώσει αὐτούς, G846 ὃς G3739 οὐκ G3756 ἔγνω G1097 τοῦ G3588 πορευθῆναι G4198 εἰς G1519 πόλιν. G4172 [16] Οὐαί G3759 σοι, G4671 πόλις, G4172 ἧς G3739 ὁ G3588 βασιλεύς G935 σου G4675 νεώτερος G3501 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 ἄρχοντές G758 σου G4675 ἐν G1722 πρωίᾳ G4405 ἐσθίουσιν· G2068 [17] μακαρία G3107 σύ, G4771 γῆ, G1093 ἧς G3739 ὁ G3588 βασιλεύς G935 σου G4675 υἱὸς G5207 ἐλευθέρων G1658 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 ἄρχοντές G758 σου G4675 πρὸς G4314 καιρὸν G2540 φάγονται G5315 ἐν G1722 δυνάμει G1411 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 αἰσχυνθήσονται. G153 [18] Ἐν G1722 ὀκνηρίαις ταπεινωθήσεται G5013 ἡ G3588 δόκωσις, καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 ἀργίᾳ χειρῶν G5495 στάξει ἡ G3588 οἰκία. G3614 [19] Εἰς G1519 γέλωτα G1071 ποιοῦσιν G4160 ἄρτον, G740 καὶ G2532 οἶνος G3631 εὐφραίνει G2165 ζῶντας, G2198 καὶ G2532 τοῦ G3588 ἀργυρίου G694 ἐπακούσεται G1873 σὺν G4862 τὰ G3588 πάντα. G3956 [20] Καί G2532 γε G1065 ἐν G1722 συνειδήσει G4893 σου G4675 βασιλέα G935 μὴ G3361 καταράσῃ, G2672 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 ταμιείοις G5009 κοιτώνων G2846 σου G4675 μὴ G3361 καταράσῃ G2672 πλούσιον· G4145 ὅτι G3754 πετεινὸν τοῦ G3588 οὐρανοῦ G3772 ἀποίσει G667 σὺν G4862 τὴν G3588 φωνήν, G5456 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 ἔχων G2192 τὰς G3588 πτέρυγας G4420 ἀπαγγελεῖ G518 λόγον. G3056
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament