when Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul telling him, “David went to Ahimelech’s house.”
Ecclesiastes 10:11 - Tree of Life Version If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If the serpent bites before it is charmed, then it is no use to call a charmer [and the slanderer is no better than the uncharmed snake]. American Standard Version (1901) If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer. Common English Bible If a snake bites before it’s charmed, then there’s no profit for the snake charmer. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever slanders in secret is nothing less than a snake that bites silently. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly. |
when Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul telling him, “David went to Ahimelech’s house.”
Hide me from the conspiracy of evildoers, from the tumult of workers of iniquity,
Death and life are in the control of the tongue. Those who indulge in it will eat its fruit.
If the iron axe is blunt and one doesn’t sharpen the edge, then he must exert more force. So wisdom has the advantage of giving success.
“For I am about to send serpents on you, vipers for which there is no charm, and they will bite you.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is a world of evil placed among our body parts. It pollutes the whole body and sets on fire the course of life—and is set on fire by Gehenna.
But no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.