Ecclesiastes 10:15 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) The toil of a fool wearies him, so that he does not know the way to the city. 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, he must put forth more strength; but wisdom helps one to succeed.
A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him what will be after him?
Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning!
Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense, and he says to every one that he is a fool.
Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Hearken diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in fatness.
The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from calamity,
Shall not all these take up their taunt against him, in scoffing derision of him, and say, “Woe to him who heaps up what is not his own— for how long?— and loads himself with pledges!”