Ecclesiastes 10
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Ecclesiastes 10:8-11

81One who digsH2658 a pitH1475 may fallH5307 into it, and a 2serpentH5175 may biteH5391 one who breaksH6555 throughH6555 a wallH1447.

9One who quarriesH5265 stonesH68 may be hurtH6087 by them, and one who splitsH1234 logsH6086 may be endangeredH5533 by them.

10IfH518 the 3axeH1270 is dullH6949 and he does not sharpenH7043 its 4edgeH6440, then he must exertH1396 more strengthH2428. WisdomH2451 has the advantageH3504 of bringingH3787 successH3787.

11IfH518 the serpentH5175 bitesH5391 56before being charmedH3908, thereH369 isH369 noH369 benefitH3504 for the charmerH1167H3956.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ecclesiastes 10:8 Ps 7:15; Prov 26:27 ↩
  2. 2. Ecclesiastes 10:8 Amos 5:19 ↩
  3. 3. Ecclesiastes 10:10 Lit iron ↩
  4. 4. Ecclesiastes 10:10 Lit faces ↩
  5. 5. Ecclesiastes 10:11 Lit with no incantation ↩
  6. 6. Ecclesiastes 10:11 Ps 58:4, 5; Jer 8:17 ↩

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