Ecclesiastes 10:11 - English Standard Version 2016 If the serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage to the charmer. 更多版本King 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. |
O God, break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge, he must use more strength, but wisdom helps one to succeed.
For behold, I am sending among you serpents, adders that cannot be charmed, and they shall bite you,” declares the Lord.
And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.
but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.