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| NASB: | Dead flies make a perfumer's oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Dead flies will make a bottle of perfume stink, and then it is spoiled. A little foolishness outweighs wisdom and honor.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. |
| ASV: | Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor;'so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor. |
| BBE: | Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer give out an evil smell; more valued is a little wisdom than the great glory of the foolish. |
| DBY: | Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to stink and ferment; so a little folly is weightier than wisdom and honour. |
| ERV: | Dead flies cause the ointment of the perfumer to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honour. |
| JPS: | Dead flies make the ointment of the perfumer fetid and putrid; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honour. |
| WBS: | Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth an offensive odor: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor. |
| WEB: | Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor. |
| YLT: | Dead flies cause a perfumer's perfume To send forth a stink; The precious by reason of wisdom -- By reason of honour -- a little folly! |
| Ecclesiastes 10:1 Cross References |
| XREF: | Exodus 30:25 "You shall make of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| MHC: | 10:1-3 Those especially who make a profession of religion, should keep from all appearances of evil. A wise man has great advantage over a fool, who is always at a loss when he has anything to do. Sin is the reproach of sinners, wherever they go, and shows their folly. |
| CONC: | Apothecary Bad Cause Dead Evil Ferment Fetid Flies Folly Foolish Foolishness Forth Glory Honor Honour Odor Offensive Oil Ointment Outweigh Outweighs Perfume Perfumer Perfumer's Precious Putrid Reason Reputation Savour Smell Stink Stinking Valued Weightier Wisdom |
| PREV: | Apothecary Bad Cause Dead Evil Flies Folly Foolishness Forth Glory Great Honor Honour Little Odor Offensive Oil Ointment Outweigh Outweighs Perfume Perfumer Precious Putrid Reason Reputation Savour Stink Valued Weightier Wisdom |
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