Ecclesiastes 10:11
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
†Surely the serpent will bite without inchauntment, and a babbler is no better.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. the master of the tongue.
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- Jeremiah 8:17Rank 1 from verse 11
- Psalms 58:4–5Rank 2 from verse 11
4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
5Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
4†‖Their poison is like the poyson of a serpent; they are like the deafe adder that stoppeth her eare:
5‖Which will not hearken to the voyce of charmers, charming neuer so wisely.
- Psalms 52:2Rank 3 from verse 11
- Psalms 64:3Rank 4 from verse 11
6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquitie: so is the tongue amongst our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire of hell.
- Proverbs 18:21Rank 6 from verse 11
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Ecclesiastes 10:11
Certainly, truly, firmly, or without doubt.
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Sense 1: To seize, pierce, or wound with the teeth. Sense 2: Figuratively, to injure, vex, or consume another.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Outside or on the exterior; beyond a boundary; lacking, absent, free from, not accompanied by, or apart from the person, thing, condition, means, or relation named.
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enchantment
Sense 1: A charm or practice of sorcery or divination. Sense 2: A means of charming or restraining a serpent.
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1. One who talks idly or foolishly. 2. A contemptuous name applied by hearers to a speaker whose words they reject.
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Sense 1: More excellent, more fitting, or to a greater degree. Sense 2: To improve or make better.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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10If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
10If the yron be blunt, and he doe not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisedome is profitable to direct.
11Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
11†Surely the serpent will bite without inchauntment, and a babbler is no better.
Selected passage12The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
12*†The words of a wise mans mouth are gratious: but the lips of a foole will swallow vp himselfe.