Ecclesiastes 10:11 - Easy To Read Version

¹¹ A person might know how to control snakes. But that skill is useless if a snake bites someone when he is not around. \{Wisdom is like that.\}

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ 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)

¹¹ If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.

Common English Bible

¹¹ If a snake bites before it’s charmed, then there’s no profit for the snake charmer.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ Whoever slanders in secret is nothing less than a snake that bites silently.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly.

Ecclesiastes 10:11 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 52:2

You make foolish plans\par and your tongue is as dangerous\par as a sharp razor.\par You are always lying\par and trying to cheat people!\par

Psalm 58:6

Lord, those people are like lions.\par So Lord, break their teeth.\par

Psalm 64:3

They have told many bad lies about me.\par Their tongues are like sharp swords,\par their bitter words like arrows.\par

Proverbs 18:21

The tongue can speak words that bring life or death. And people who love to talk must be ready to accept what it brings.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

But wisdom will make any job easier. It is very hard to cut with a dull knife. But if a person sharpens the knife, then the job is easier. \{Wisdom is like that.\}

Jeremiah 8:17

“People of Judah,\par I am sending poisonous snakes {\cf2\super [73]} \par to attack you.\par Those snakes can’t be controlled.\par Those snakes will bite you.”\par This message is from the Lord.\par

James 3:6

The tongue is like a fire. It is a world of evil among the parts of our body. How? The tongue spreads its evil through our whole body. It starts a fire that influences all of life. The tongue gets this fire from hell.

James 3:8

But no person can tame (control) the tongue. It is wild and evil. It is full of poison that can kill.