Ecclesiastes 10:8–9
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Wisdom is Needed to Avert Dangers in Everyday Life
10:8One who digs a pit may25 fall into it,
and one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.26
10:9One who quarries stones may be injured by them;
one who splits logs may be endangered by them.
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- 25 The four imperfect verbs in vv. 8–9 may be nuanced as indicatives (“will …”) or in a modal sense denoting possibility (“may …”). The rendered them with indicatives, as do many English translations (, , , , , , ). However, it is better to take them in a modal sense (, , , , , , ). One who digs a pit does not necessarily fall into it, but he may under the right conditions.
- 26 Heb “a serpent will bite him.” The clause “he who breaks through a wall” (וּפֹרֵץ גָּדֵר, uforets gader) is a nominative absolute—the casus pendens is picked up by the resumptive pronoun in the following clause “a serpent will bite him” (יִשְּׁכֶנּוּ נָחָשׁ, yishékhennu nakhash). This construction is used for rhetorical emphasis (see §4.7c).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
He who digs a pit will fall into it,
and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.
He who quarries stones is hurt by them,
and he who splits logs is endangered by them.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Whoever digs a pit may fall into it;
whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.
Whoever quarries stones may be injured by them;
whoever splits logs may be endangered by them.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
The one who digs a pit may fall into it,
and the one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.
The one who quarries stones may be hurt by them;
the one who splits logs may be endangered by them.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
When you dig a well,
you might fall in.
When you demolish an old wall,
you could be bitten by a snake.
When you work in a quarry,
stones might fall and crush you.
When you chop wood,
there is danger with each stroke of your ax.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it.
Whoever breaks through a wall, a snake will bite him.
Whoever quarries stones will be wounded by them.
Whoever splits logs will be endangered by them.
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KJV 1900King James Version
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him. Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
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