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| The Book of Ecclesiastes 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| The Young's Literal Translation Online Bible (YLT) | ||||||||||||||||
| Ecclesiastes 10:1 | Dead flies cause a perfumer`s perfume To send forth a stink; The precious by reason of wisdom By reason of honour a little folly! | |||||||||||||||
| Ecclesiastes 10:2 | The heart of the wise [is] at his right hand, And the heart of a fool at his left. | |||||||||||||||
| Ecclesiastes 10:3 | And also, when he that is a fool Is walking in the way, his heart is lacking, And he hath said to every one, `He [is] a fool.` | |||||||||||||||
| Ecclesiastes 10:4 | If the spirit of the ruler go up against thee, Thy place leave not, For yielding quieteth great sinners. | |||||||||||||||
| Ecclesiastes 10:5 | There is an evil I have seen under the sun, As an error that goeth out from the ruler, | |||||||||||||||
| Ecclesiastes 10:6 | He hath set the fool in many high places, And the rich in a low place do sit. | |||||||||||||||
| Ecclesiastes 10:7 | I have seen servants on horses, And princes walking as servants on the earth. | |||||||||||||||
| Ecclesiastes 10:8 | Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him. | |||||||||||||||
| Ecclesiastes 10:9 | Whoso is removing stones is grieved by them, Whoso is cleaving trees endangered by them. | |||||||||||||||
| Ecclesiastes 10:10 | If the iron hath been blunt, And he the face hath not sharpened, Then doth he increase strength, And wisdom [is] advantageous to make right. | |||||||||||||||
| Ecclesiastes 10:11 | If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue. | |||||||||||||||
| Ecclesiastes 10:12 | Words of the mouth of the wise [are] gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up. | |||||||||||||||
| Ecclesiastes 10:13 | The beginning of the words of his mouth [is] folly, And the latter end of his mouth [Is] mischievous madness. | |||||||||||||||
| Ecclesiastes 10:14 | And the fool multiplieth words: `Man knoweth not that which is, And that which is after him, who doth declare to him?` | |||||||||||||||
| Ecclesiastes 10:15 | The labour of the foolish wearieth him, In that he hath not known to go unto the city. | |||||||||||||||
| Ecclesiastes 10:16 | Wo to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a youth, And thy princes do eat in the morning. | |||||||||||||||
| Ecclesiastes 10:17 | Happy art thou, O land, When thy king [is] a son of freemen, And thy princes do eat in due season, For might, and not for drunkenness. | |||||||||||||||
| Ecclesiastes 10:18 | By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop. | |||||||||||||||
| Ecclesiastes 10:19 | For mirth they are making a feast, And wine maketh life joyful, And the silver answereth with all. | |||||||||||||||
| Ecclesiastes 10:20 | Even in thy mind a king revile not, And in the inner parts of thy bed-chamber Revile not the rich: For a fowl of the heavens causeth the voice to go, And a possessor of wings declareth the word. | |||||||||||||||
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