Ecclesiastes 10:11

In 11 translations

BSB

If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.

KJV

Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.a babbler: Heb. the master of the tongue

WEB

If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer’s tongue.

ASV

If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.

LSV

If the serpent bites without enchantment, || Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.

YLT

If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.

DBY

If the serpent bite before enchantment, then the charmer hath no advantage.

DRC

If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly.

GNV

If the serpent bite, when he is not charmed: no better is a babbler.

JPS

If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then the charmer hath no advantage.

LXXE

If a serpent bite when there is no charmer's whisper, then there is no advantage to the charmer.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אִם־יִשֹּׁ֥ךְ הַנָּחָ֖שׁ בְּלוֹא־לָ֑חַשׁ וְאֵ֣ין יִתְר֔וֹן לְבַ֖עַל הַלָּשֽׁוֹן׃

LXX-Br

Ἐὰν δάκῃ ὄφις ἐν οὐ ψιθυρισμῷ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι περίσσεια τῷ ἐπᾴδοντι.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 58:4–5Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears, refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.
• Jeremiah 8:17“For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.
• Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
• Psalms 64:3who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
• Proverbs 18:21Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
• James 3:6The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

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