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Ecclesiastes 10 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 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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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:2 - A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:3 - Yea, and whenever a fool walks by the way, his heart will fail him, and all that he thinks of is folly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:5 - There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, wherein an error has proceeded from the ruler.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:6 - The fool has been set in very high places, while rich men would sit in a low one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:7 - I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:8 - He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and him that breaks down a hedge a serpent shall bite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:9 - He that removes stones shall be troubled thereby; he that cleaves wood shall be endangered thereby.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:11 - If a serpent bite when there is no charmer's whisper, then there is no advantage to the charmer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:12 - The words of a wise mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:13 - The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly: and the end of his talk mischievous madness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 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?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:15 - The labour of fools will afflict them, as that of one who knows not to go to the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:16 - Woe to thee, O city, whose king is young, and thy princes eat in the morning!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:18 - By slothful neglect a building will be brought low: and by idleness of the hands the house will fall to pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 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.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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Ecclesiastes Chapter 10 — Additional Translations:

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