Ecclesiastes 10
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Ecclesiastes 10:12-15

12The wordsH1697 of a wise man’sH2450 mouthH6310 are graciousH2580; but the lipsH8193 of a foolH3684 will swallow upH1104 himself.1

13The beginningH8462 of the wordsH1697 of his mouthH6310 is foolishnessH5531: and the endH319 of his talkH6310 is mischievousH7451 madnessH1948.2

14A foolH5530 also is fullH7235 of wordsH1697: a manH120 cannot tellH3045 what shall be; and what shall be afterH310 him, who can tellH5046 him?3

15The labourH5999 of the foolishH3684 weariethH3021 every one of them, because he knowethH3045 not how to goH3212 to the cityH5892.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ecclesiastes 10:12 gracious: Heb. grace. ↩
  2. 2. Ecclesiastes 10:13 his talk: Heb. his mouth. ↩
  3. 3. Ecclesiastes 10:14 is full…: Heb. multiplieth words. ↩

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 10

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