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

Ecc 10:1

Ecc 10:1Pestilent flies will corrupt a preparation of sweet ointment: and a little wisdom is more precious than great glory of folly.

Ecc 10:2

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

Ecc 10:3

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

Ecc 10:4

Ecc 10:4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for soothing will put an end to great offences.

Ecc 10:5

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

Ecc 10:6

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

Ecc 10:7

Ecc 10:7I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants on the earth.

Ecc 10:8

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

Ecc 10:9

Ecc 10:9He that removes stones shall be troubled thereby; he that cleaves wood shall be endangered thereby.

Ecc 10:10

Ecc 10:10If 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.

Ecc 10:11

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

Ecc 10:12

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

Ecc 10:13

Ecc 10:13The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly: and the end of his talk mischievous madness.

Ecc 10:14

Ecc 10:14A fool moreover multiplies words: man knows not what has been, nor what will be: who shall tell him what will come after him?

Ecc 10:15

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

Ecc 10:16

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

Ecc 10:17

Ecc 10:17Blessed art thou, O land, whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes shall eat seasonably, for strength, and shall not be ashamed.

Ecc 10:18

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

Ecc 10:19

Ecc 10:19Men prepare bread for laughter, and wine and oil that the living should rejoice: but to money all things will humbly yield obedience.

Ecc 10:20

Ecc 10:20Even 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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