8He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoever breaks an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.


In Context

5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceeds from the ruler:

6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

7 I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking as servants on the earth.

8 He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoever breaks an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

9 Whoever removes stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that splits wood shall be endangered thereby.

10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

Ecclesiastes 10:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:8Whoever digs a pit may fall into it; whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:8He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:8He that diggeth a pit falleth into it; and whoso breaketh down a hedge, a serpent biteth him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a fence, a serpent shall bite him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoever breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:8He who digs a pit may fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:8Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him.