Ecclesiastes 10:1 - Catholic Public Domain Version

Dying flies ruin the sweetness of the ointment. Wisdom and glory is more precious than a brief and limited foolishness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

DEAD FLIES cause the ointment of the perfumer to putrefy [and] send forth a vile odor; so does a little folly [in him who is valued for wisdom] outweigh wisdom and honor.

American Standard Version (1901)

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

Common English Bible

As dead flies spoil the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Dying flies spoil the sweetness of the ointment. Wisdom and glory is more precious than a small and shortlived folly.

English Standard Version 2016

Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

Ecclesiastes 10:1 Tagairtí Cros

2 Chronicles 19:2

And the seer Jehu, the son of Hanani, met him, and said to him: "You offer assistance to the impious, and you are joined in friendship with those who hate the Lord. And for this reason, you certainly deserve the wrath of the Lord.

Nehemiah 13:26

"Did not Solomon, king of Israel, sin in this kind of thing? And certainly, among many nations, there was no king similar to him, and he was beloved of his God, and God set him as king over all of Israel. And yet foreign women led even him into sin!

Nehemiah 6:13

For he had accepted money, so that I would be afraid, and would sin, and so that they would have some evil with which to rebuke me.

Job 6:3

Compared to the sand of the sea, they would appear heavier, and so my words are full of sorrow.

Exodus 30:25

And you shall make the holy oil of unction, an ointment composed with the skills of a perfumer,

Ecclesiastes 9:18

Wisdom is better than weapons of war. And whoever offends in one thing, shall lose many good things.

Haggai 2:12

Thus says the Lord of hosts: the priests question the law, saying:

Haggai 2:13

If a man will have carried sanctified flesh in the pocket of his garment, and the top of it touches his bread, or appetizer, or wine, or oil, or any food, shall it be sanctified? But the priests responded by saying, "No."