11If a snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.


In Context

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

9 Whoever quarries stones may be injured by them; whoever splits logs may be endangered by them.

10 If the ax is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed but skill will bring success.

11 If a snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.

12 Words from a wise man's mouth are gracious, but a fool is consumed by his own lips.

13 At the beginning his words are folly; at the end they are wicked madness-

Ecclesiastes 10:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:11Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:11If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:11If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:11If the serpent bite before enchantment, then the charmer hath no advantage.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:11If the serpent bite before it be charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:11Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:11If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer's tongue.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:11If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:11Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.