Ecclesiastes 10:1 | |
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. 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! | |
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