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


In Context

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-

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

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

16 Woe to you, O land whose king was a servant and whose princes feast in the morning.

Ecclesiastes 10:14 in Other Translations

The 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?

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?