3Even as he walks along the road, the fool lacks sense and shows everyone how stupid he is.


In Context

1 As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.

3 Even as he walks along the road, the fool lacks sense and shows everyone how stupid he is.

4 If a ruler's anger rises against you, do not leave your post; calmness can lay great errors to rest.

5 There is an evil I have seen under the sun, the sort of error that arises from a ruler:

Ecclesiastes 10:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:3Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth [him,] and he saith to every one [that] he [is] a fool.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:3Yea, and the fool when he walketh in the way, whereas be himself is a fool, esteemeth all men fools.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:3Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:3Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his sense faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:3Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:3Also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:3Yes also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:3And also, when he that is a fool Is walking in the way, his heart is lacking, And he hath said to every one, 'He is a fool.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:3Yes also, when he that is a fool walks by the way, his wisdom fails him, and he said to every one that he is a fool.