Ecclesiastes 10:11 - Tree of Life Version

¹¹ If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.

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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.

Ecclesiastes 10:11 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 52:2

when Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul telling him, “David went to Ahimelech’s house.”

Psalm 58:6

not hearing the voice of charmers, or a cunning spell binder.

Psalm 64:3

Hide me from the conspiracy of evildoers, from the tumult of workers of iniquity,

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the control of the tongue. Those who indulge in it will eat its fruit.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

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.

Jeremiah 8:17

“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.

James 3:6

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.

James 3:8

But no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.