14A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?


In Context

11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

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 is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because 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!

Ecclesiastes 10:14 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:14and the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming- who can tell him what will happen after him?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:14A fool multiplieth words. A man cannot tell what hath been before him: and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:14A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:14And the fool multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and what shall be after him, who will tell him?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:14A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:14A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:14A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn't know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:14And the fool multiplieth words: 'Man knoweth not that which is, And that which is after him, who doth declare to him?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:14A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?