The Holy Bible Septuagint LXX Unaltered English Word-for-Word from Interlinear Greek

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Ecclesiastes 10

10:1A fly put to death will rot a concoction of lucious oil; A little wisdom is valuable over great glory of folly.

10:2A heart of a wise man is at his right hand; and the heart of a fool is at his left.

10:3And indeed whenever a fool goes in the way of his heart, he will fail, and all which he considers is folly.

10:4If spirit of the one exercising authority should ascend against you, you should not leave your place; for a cure will put to rest great sins.

10:5There is a wickedness which I beheld under the sun, as an unintentional act came forth from the person of one exercising authority.

10:6The fool was put in great heights, and the rich shall settle in low.

10:7I beheld servants upon horses, and rulers going as servants upon the ground.

10:8The one digging a cesspool shall fall into it; and the one demolishing a fence boundary, a serpent shall bite him.

10:9One lifting away stones shall work hard among them; one splitting wood shall be exposed to danger in them.

10:10If an iron implement should fall off, and he is disturbed in countenance, then he shall strengthen his power, and abundance is to the man of which is wisdom.

10:11If the serpent should bite with no enchanter whispering, then there is no advantage to the one charming.

10:12The words of a wise mouth carry favor; but the lips of a fool shall sink him;

10:13the beginning of the words of his mouth are folly, and the end of his mouth is wicked madness.

10:14And the fool multiplies words. Man does not know what the thing becoming is, and what the thing will be; for after him who shall announce to him?

10:15The effort of the fools shall trouble them as one who does not know how to go into the city.

10:16Woe to you, O city, of which your king is younger, and your rulers eat in the morning.

10:17Blessed is your land of which your king is a son of free nobles, and your rulers at a proper time shall eat in force, and shall not be ashamed.

10:18By slothful neglect a building will be lowered; and in idleness of hands the house will drip.

10:19For laughter they make bread, and wine and olive oil for the living to be glad; and of the money all will heed.

10:20And indeed in your conscience you should not curse a king; and in the closets of your bedrooms you should not curse a rich man. For a winged creature of heaven shall carry your voice, and the one having the wings shall report your word.