15The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.


In Context

12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

14 A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

15 The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.

16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

17 Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

Ecclesiastes 10:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:15The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:15A fool's work wearies him; he does not know the way to town.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:15The labour of fools shall afflict them that know not bow to go to the city.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:15The labour of fools wearieth them, because they know not how to go to the city.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:15The labour of fools wearieth every one of them, for he knoweth not how to go to the city.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:15The labor of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:15The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn't know how to go to the city.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:15The labour of the foolish wearieth him, In that he hath not known to go unto the city.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:15The labor of the foolish wearies every one of them, because he knows not how to go to the city.