Berean Standard Bible
Ecclesiastes 10:6-17
6Folly is appointed to great heights, but the rich sit in lowly positions.7I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.
8He who digs a pit may fall into it,and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.9The one who quarries stones may be injured by them,and he who splits logs endangers himself.10If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened,more strength must be exerted,but skill produces success.11If the snake bites before it is charmed,there is no profit for the charmer.
12The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious,but the lips of a fool consume him.13The beginning of his talk is folly,and the end of his speech is evil madness.14Yet the fool multiplies words.No one knows what is coming,and who can tell him what will come after him?15The toil of a fool wearies him,for he does not know the way to the city.
16Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth,1and whose princes feast in the morning.17Blessed are you, O land whose king is a son of nobles,and whose princes feast at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.
Notes
- 1. Ecclesiastes 10:16 Or a servant ↩
Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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