Verse 15
Ecclesiastes 10:15
New King James Version
15
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
Original Language Text
hebrew
עֲמַ֥ל הַ/כְּסִילִ֖ים תְּיַגְּעֶ֑/נּוּ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא יָדַ֖ע לָ/לֶ֥כֶת אֶל עִֽיר
English Translation
The toil of the foolish will weary us, for he does not know how to go to the city.
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Chapter 10 Context
1
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour:
so doth a little fo...
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2
A wise man’s heart
is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.
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3
Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth
him, and he saith to every o...
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4
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great o...
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5
There is an evil
which I have seen under the sun, as an error
which proceedeth from the ruler:
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6
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
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7
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
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8
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
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9
Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith;
and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby...
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10
If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom
is...
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11
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
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12
The words of a wise man’s mouth
are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
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13
The beginning of the words of his mouth
is foolishness: and the end of his talk
is mischievous madne...
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14
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can...
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15
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
16
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king
is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
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17
Blessed
art thou, O land, when thy king
is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for...
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18
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth thr...
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19
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all
things.
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20
Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of t...
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