For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
Ecclesiastes 10:14 - King James Version - American Edition A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A fool also multiplies words, though no man can tell what will be–and what will happen after he is gone, who can tell him? American Standard Version (1901) A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him? Common English Bible Fools talk too much! No one knows what will happen; no one can say what will happen in the future. Catholic Public Domain Version The fool multiplies his words. A man does not know what has been before him, and who is able to reveal to him what will be in the future after him? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A fool multiplieth words. A man cannot tell what hath been before him: and what shall be after him, who can tell him? |
For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
The labor of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them.