1902 Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR)
Ecclesiastes 10
1 Observations of wisdom and folly. 16 Of riot, 18 slothfulness, 19 and money. 20 Men's thoughts of kings ought to be reverent.
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10:1 ¶
Dead flies, cause to stink [and] ferment, the oil of the perfumer,More costly than wisdom or honour, is a little folly.
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10:2
The sense of the wise, is on his right hand,But, the sense of the dullard, on his left:
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10:3
Yea, even by the way, as the foolish man walketh along, his sense faileth himand he telleth everyone that, foolish, is he!
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10:4 ¶
If, the spirit of a ruler, riseth up against thee, thy place, do not leave, for gentleness, pacifieth such as have greatly erred.
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10:5
Here was a misfortune I had seen under the sun,a veritable mistake that was going forth from the presence of one who had power:
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10:6
Folly placed in great dignity,while, the rich, in a low place, took their seat:
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10:7
I had seen, servants, upon horses,and, rulers, walking like servants, on the ground.
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10:8
He that diggeth a pit, thereinto, may fall,and, he that breaketh through a hedge, there may bite him a serpent.
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10:9
He that removeth stones, may be hurt therewith,and he that cleaveth wood, may be endangered thereby.
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10:10
If, blunt, be the iron, and, himself, hath not sharpened, the edge, then, much force, must he apply,but, an advantage for giving success, is wisdom.
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10:11
If a serpent will bite, unless he is charmed, then there is nothing better for him that owneth a tongue.
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10:12 ¶
The words of a wise man's mouth, are pleasant,but, the lips of a dullard, will swallow him up:
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10:13
The beginning of the words of his mouth, is folly,but, the latter end of his speech, is mischievous madness.
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10:14
Yet, a foolish man, multiplieth words,[though] no man knoweth that which hath been, and, that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
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10:15
The toil of dullards, shall weary a man, that he knoweth not how to go into the city.
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10:16 ¶
Alas! for thee, O land, when thy king is a boy,and, thy rulers, in the morning, do eat:
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10:17
How happy art thou, O land, when thy king is a son of nobles,and, thy rulers, in season, do eat, for strength, and not for debauchery.
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10:18
By two lazy arms, the framework sinketh in,and, by the hanging down of the hands, the house may leak.
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10:19
Merrily people make bread, and, wine, gladdeneth life,but, money, answereth all things.
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10:20
Even in thy thought, do not revile, the king, nor, within thy bed-chambers, revile thou the rich,for, a bird of the heavens, might carry the voice, yea, an owner of wings, might tell the matter.