Revised Version 1895

Ecclesiastes 10:8-11

8He that diggeth apitגּוּמָּ֖ץgu.MatzH1475shallfallיִפּ֑וֹלyi.PolH5307intoH5307it; and whoso breakeththroughוּפֹרֵ֥ץu.fo.RetzH6555afenceגָּדֵ֖רga.DerH1447, aserpentנָחָֽשׁ׃na.ChashH5175shall bite him.

9Whoso hewethoutמַסִּ֣יעַma.Si.a'H5265stonesאֲבָנִ֔ים'a.va.NimH68shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleavethwoodעֵצִ֖ים'e.TzimH6086isendangeredיִסָּ֥כֶןyi.Sa.khenH5533thereby.

10IfH518theironהַבַּרְזֶ֗לha.bar.ZelH1270be blunt, and onedoH518notH3808whet theedgeפָנִ֣יםfa.NimH6440, thenmustH518he put tomoreH3808strengthוַחֲיָלִ֖יםva.cha.ya.LimH2428: butwisdomחָכְמָֽה׃chokh.mahH2451is profitable to direct.

11Ifאִם־'im-H518theserpentהַנָּחָ֖שׁha.na.ChashH5175bitebeforeH3808it becharmedלָ֑חַשׁLa.chashH3908, then is therenoH3808advantageיִתְר֔וֹןyit.RonH3504in the charmer.

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