| Ecclesiastes 10:11 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | If the serpent bites before being charmed, there is no profit for the charmer. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | If a snake bites before it has been charmed, then there is no advantage in being a snake charmer.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. |
| ASV: | If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer. |
| BBE: | If a snake gives a bite before the word of power is said, then there is no longer any use in the word of power. |
| DBY: | If the serpent bite before enchantment, then the charmer hath no advantage. |
| ERV: | If the serpent bite before it be charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer. |
| JPS: | If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then the charmer hath no advantage. |
| WBS: | Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. |
| WEB: | If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer's tongue. |
| YLT: | If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue. |
| Ecclesiastes 10:11 Cross References |
| XREF: | Psalm 58:4 They have venom like the venom of a serpent; Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,
Psalm 58:5 So that it does not hear the voice of charmers, Or a skillful caster of spells.
Jeremiah 8:17 "For behold, I am sending serpents against you, Adders, for which there is no charm, And they will bite you," declares the LORD. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| WES: | 10:11 Without - If not prevented by the art and care of the charmer; which practice he does not justify, but only mentions by way of resemblance. |
| MHC: | 10:11-15 There is a practice in the East, of charming serpents by music. The babbler's tongue is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison; and contradiction only makes it the more violent. We must find the way to keep him gentle. But by rash, unprincipled, or slanderous talk, he brings open or secret vengeance upon himself. Would we duly consider our own ignorance as to future events, it would cut off many idle words which we foolishly multiply. Fools toil a great deal to no purpose. They do not understand the plainest things, such as the entrance into a great city. But it is the excellency of the way to the heavenly city, that it is a high-way, in which the simplest wayfaring men shall not err, Isa 25:8. But sinful folly makes men miss that only way to happiness. |
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