Ecclesiastes 10:1 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ Dying flies spoil the sweetness of the ointment. Wisdom and glory is more precious than a small and shortlived folly.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ 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

¹ 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)

¹ 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

¹ As dead flies spoil the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Dying flies ruin the sweetness of the ointment. Wisdom and glory is more precious than a brief and limited foolishness.

English Standard Version 2016

¹ 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 Jehu the son of Hanani, the seer, met him and said to him: Thou helpest the ungodly; and thou art joined in friendship with them that hate the Lord: and therefore thou didst deserve indeed the wrath of the Lord.

Nehemiah 13:26

Did not Solomon king of Israel sin in this kind of thing? And surely among many nations there was not a king like him. And he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: and yet women of other countries brought even him to sin.

Nehemiah 6:13

For he had taken money, that I being afraid should do this thing and sin; and they might have some evil to upbraid me withal.

Job 6:3

As the sand of the sea this would appear heavier: therefore my words are full of sorrow.

Exodus 30:25

And thou shalt make the holy oil of unction: an ointment compounded after the art of the perfumer,

Ecclesiastes 9:18

Better is wisdom, than weapons of war: and he that shall offend in one, shall lose many good things.

Haggai 2:12

Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Ask the priests the law, saying:

Haggai 2:13

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.