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Ecclesiastes 10:8–9

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8Anyone who digs a pit might fall into it.

Anyone who breaks through a wall might be bitten by a snake.

9Anyone who removes stones from rock pits might get hurt.

Anyone who cuts logs might get wounded.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.