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Ecclesiastes 10 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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A Little Foolishness

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1 -

Dead H4194 flies H2070 turn H887 a perfumer’s H7543 oil H8081 rancid H887, so a little H4592 foolishness H5531 is more H4480 [fn]potent H3368 than H4480 wisdom H2451 and honor H3519.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:2 - A wise H2450 person’s H2450 heart H3820 directs him toward the right H3225, but the foolish H3684 person’s H3684 heart H3820 directs him toward the left H8040.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:3 - Even H1571 when H7945 the fool H5530 walks H1980 along the road H1870, his [fn]sense H3820 is lacking H2637, and he [fn]demonstrates H559 to everyone H3605 that he is a fool H5530.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:4 - If H518 the ruler’s H4910 [fn]temper H7307 rises H5927 against H5921 you, do not abandon H5117 your place H4725, because H3588 composure H4832 puts H5117 great H1419 offenses H2399 to H5117 rest H5117.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:5 -

There H3426 is H3426 an evil H7451 I have seen H7200 under H8478 the sun H8121, like a mistake H7684 that proceeds H3318 from the ruler H7989:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:6 - foolishness H5529 is set H5414 in many H7227 exalted H4791 places H4791 while the rich H6223 sit H3427 in humble H8216 places H8216.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:7 - I have seen H7200 slaves H5650 riding on horses H5483 and princes H8269 walking H1980 like slaves H5650 on the land H776.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:8 -

One who digs H2658 a pit H1475 may fall H5307 into it, and a serpent H5175 may bite H5391 one who breaks H6555 through H6555 a wall H1447.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:9 - One who quarries H5265 stones H68 may be hurt H6087 by them, and one who splits H1234 logs H6086 may be endangered H5533 by them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:10 - If H518 the [fn]axe H1270 is dull H6949 and he does not sharpen H7043 its [fn]edge H6440, then he must exert H1396 more strength H2428. Wisdom H2451 has the advantage H3504 of bringing H3787 success H3787.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:11 - If H518 the serpent H5175 bites H5391 [fn]before being charmed H3908, there H369 is H369 no H369 benefit H3504 for the charmer H1167 H3956.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:12 - Words H1697 from the mouth H6310 of a wise H2450 person H2450 are gracious H2580, while the lips H8193 of a fool H3684 consume H1104 him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:13 - the beginning H8462 of [fn]his talking H1697 H6310 is foolishness H5531, and the end H319 of [fn]it is evil H7451 insanity H1948.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:14 - Yet the fool H5530 multiplies H7235 words H1697. No H3808 person H120 knows H3045 what H4100 will happen H1961, and who H4310 can tell H5046 him what H834 will come H1961 after H4480 H310 him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:15 - The labor H5999 of [fn]a fool H3684 makes him so weary H3021 that he does not even know H3045 how to go H1980 to a city H5892.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:16 - Woe H337 to you, land H776 whose H7945 king H4428 is a boy H5288, and whose princes H8269 [fn]feast H398 in the morning H1242.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:17 - Blessed H835 are you, land H776 whose H7945 king H4428 is of nobility H1121 H2715, and whose princes H8269 eat H398 at the appropriate time H6256—for strength H1369 and not for drunkenness H8358.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:18 - Through extreme H6103 laziness H6103 the rafters H4746 sag H4355, and through idleness H8220 H3027 the house H1004 leaks H1811.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:19 - People prepare H6213 a meal H3899 for enjoyment H7814, wine H3196 makes H8055 life H2416 joyful H8055, and money H3701 [fn]is the answer H6030 to everything H3605.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20 - Furthermore H1571, in your bedroom H4702 do not curse H7043 a king H4428, and in your sleeping H4904 rooms H2315 do not curse H7043 a rich H6223 person H6223; for a bird H5775 of the sky H8064 will bring H1980 the sound H6963, and the winged H3671 one H1167 will make H5046 your word H1697 known H5046.
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NASB20 Footnotes
Lit costly
Lit heart
Lit says
Lit spirit
Lit iron
Lit faces
Lit with no incantation
Lit the words of his mouth
Lit his mouth
Lit fools make
Lit eat
Lit answers all
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