Dead flies make a perfumer’s oil ferment and stink; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honour.
Haggai 2:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then Haggai asked, ‘If someone defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled? ’ The priests answered, ‘It becomes defiled.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then said Haggai, If one who is [ceremonially] unclean because he has come in contact with a dead body should touch any of these articles of food, shall it be [ceremonially] unclean? And the priests answered, It shall be unclean. [Unholiness is infectious.] American Standard Version (1901) Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by reason of a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean. Common English Bible Haggai said, “If an unclean person touches any of these things, will it become unclean?” And the priests responded, “It will be unclean.” Catholic Public Domain Version 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." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If a man carry sanctified flesh in the skirt of his garment, and touch with his skirt, bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat: shall it be sanctified? And the priests answered, and said: No. |
Dead flies make a perfumer’s oil ferment and stink; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honour.
They will not pour out their wine offerings to the Lord, and their sacrifices will not please him. Their food will be like the bread of mourners; all who eat it become defiled. For their bread will be for their appetites alone; it will not enter the house of the Lord.