Ecclesiastes 10:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The toil of fools wears them out, for they do not even know the way to town. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The labor of fools wearies every one of them, because [he is so ignorant of the ordinary matters that] he does not even know how to get to town. American Standard Version (1901) The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city. Common English Bible The hard work of fools tires them out because they don’t even know the way to town! Catholic Public Domain Version The hardship of the foolish will afflict those who do not know to go into the city. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The labour of fools shall afflict them that know not bow to go to the city. |
If the iron is blunt and one does not whet the edge, then more strength must be exerted, but wisdom helps one to succeed.
yet fools talk on and on. No one knows what is to happen, and who can tell anyone what the future holds?
Alas for you, O land, when your king is a child and your princes feast in the morning!
Even when fools walk on the road, they lack sense and show to everyone that they are fools.
Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread and your earnings for that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.
The righteous perish, and no one considers why; the devout are taken away, while no one understands that it is due to evil that the righteous are taken away.
Shall not everyone taunt such people and, with mocking riddles, say about them, “Alas for you who heap up what is not your own!” How long will you load yourselves with goods taken in pledge?