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Ecclesiastes 10:11

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10:11If the snake should bite before it is charmed,32

the snake charmer33 is in trouble.34

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Footnotes

  1. 32 Heb “without charming.”
  2. 33 Heb “the master of the tongue.”
  3. 34 Heb “has no profit”; , , “there is no advantage.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

If the serpent bites before it is charmed,

there is no advantage to the charmer.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

If a snake bites before it is charmed,

the charmer receives no fee.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

If the snake bites before it is charmed,

then there is no advantage for the charmer.

NLTNew Living Translation

If a snake bites before you charm it,

what’s the use of being a snake charmer?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

If the snake bites before the charming,

the snake charmer will not succeed.

KJV 1900King James Version

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