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Ecclesiastes 10:8

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8Whoever digs a pit may fall into it;e

whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.f

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  1. eSee Ps 57:6
  2. fSee Est 2:23; Ps 9:16; Am 5:19

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He who digs a pit will fall into it,

and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.

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.

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Whoever digs a pit will fall into it.

Whoever breaks through a wall, a snake will bite him.

KJV 1900King James Version

He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.