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  10:1 ¶
Pestilent flies will corrupt a preparation of sweet ointment: [and] a little wisdom is more precious than great glory of folly. |
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10:1 ¶
Deadº
fliesº
cause the ointmentº
of the apothecaryºº
to send forthºº
a stinking savour:ºº
[so doth] a littleº
follyº
him that is in reputationº
for wisdomºº
[and] honour.ºº |
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10:2
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. |
10:2
A wise man'sº
heartº
[is] at his right hand;º
but a fool'sº
heartº
at his left.º |
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10:3
Yea, and whenever a fool walks by the way, his heart will fail him, and all that he thinks of is folly. |
10:3
Yea also,º
when he that is a foolºº
walkethºº
by the way,º
his wisdomº
failethº
[him], and he saithºº
to every oneº
[that] heº
[is] a fool.º |
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10:4
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for soothing will put an end to great offences. |
10:4
Ifº
the spiritº
of the rulerºº
rise upºº
againstº
thee, leaveººº
notº
thy place;º
forº
yieldingº
pacifiethººº
greatº
offences.º |
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10:5
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, wherein an error has proceeded from the ruler. |
10:5
There isº
an evilº
[which] I have seenºº
underº
the sun,º
as an errorº
[which] proceedethººº
fromºº
the ruler:º |
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10:6
The fool has been set in very high places, while rich men would sit in a low one. |
10:6
Follyº
is setºº
in greatº
dignity,º
and the richº
sitºº
in low place.º |
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10:7
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants on the earth. |
10:7
I have seenºº
servantsº
uponº
horses,º
and princesº
walkingºº
as servantsº
uponº
the earth.º |
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10:8
He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and him that breaks down a hedge a serpent shall bite. |
10:8
He that diggethºº
a pitº
shall fallºº
into it; and whoso breakethºº
an hedge,º
a serpentº
shall biteºº
him. |
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10:9
He that removes stones shall be troubled thereby; he that cleaves wood shall be endangered thereby. |
10:9
Whoso removethºº
stonesº
shall be hurtºº
therewith; [and] he that cleavethºº
woodº
shall be endangeredºº
thereby. |
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10:10
If the axe-head should fall off, then the man troubles his countenance, and he must put forth more strength: and [in that case] skill is of no advantage to a man. |
10:10
Ifº
the ironº
be blunt,ºº
and heº
do notº
whetºº
the edge,º
then must he putºº
toº
more strength:º
but wisdomº
[is] profitableº
to direct.ºº |
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10:11
If a serpent bite when there is no [charmer's] whisper, then there is no advantage to the charmer. |
10:11
Surelyº
the serpentº
will biteºº
withoutº
enchantment;º
and a babblerºº
is noº
better.º |
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10:12
The words of a wise mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow him up. |
10:12
The wordsº
of a wise man'sº
mouthº
[are] gracious;º
but the lipsº
of a foolº
will swallow upºº
himself. |
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10:13
The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly: and the end of his talk mischievous madness. |
10:13
The beginningº
of the wordsº
of his mouthº
[is] foolishness:º
and the endº
of his talkº
[is] mischievousº
madness.º |
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10:14
A fool moreover multiplies words: man knows not what has been, nor what will be: who shall tell him what will come after him? |
10:14
A foolº
also is fullºº
of words:º
a manº
cannotº
tellºº
what shall be;ººº
and whatº
shall beº
afterºº
him, whoº
can tellºº
him? |
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10:15
The labour of fools will afflict them, [as that of one] who knows not to go to the city. |
10:15
The labourº
of the foolishº
weariethºº
every one of them, becauseº
he knowethºº
notº
how to goººº
toº
the city.º |
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10:16 ¶
Woe to thee, O city, whose king is young, and thy princes eat in the morning! |
10:16 ¶
Woeº
to thee, O land,º
when thy kingºº
[is] a child,º
and thy princesº
eatºº
in the morning!º |
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10:17
Blessed art thou, O land, whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes shall eat seasonably, for strength, and shall not be ashamed. |
10:17
Blessedº
[art] thou, O land,º
when thy kingºº
[is] the sonº
of nobles,º
and thy princesº
eatºº
in due season,º
for strength,º
and notº
for drunkenness!º |
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10:18 ¶
By slothful neglect a building will be brought low: and by idleness of the hands the house will fall to pieces. |
10:18 ¶
By much slothfulnessº
the buildingº
decayeth;ºº
and through idlenessº
of the handsº
the houseº
droppeth through.ºº |
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10:19 ¶
Men prepare bread for laughter, and wine and oil that the living should rejoice: but to money all things will humbly yield obedience. |
10:19 ¶
A feastº
is madeºº
for laughter,º
and wineº
maketh merry:ººº
but moneyº
answerethººº
allº
[things]. |
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10:20 ¶
Even in thy conscience, curse not the king; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry thy voice, and that which has wings shall report thy speech. |
10:20 ¶
Curseºº
notº
the king,º
noº
not in thy thought;º
and curseºº
notº
the richº
in thy bedchamber:ºº
forº
a birdº
of the airº
shall carryºººº
the voice,º
and that which hathº
wingsº
shall tellºº
the matter.º |
