12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.


In Context

9 Whoever carves out stones may be injured by them. Whoever splits wood may be endangered thereby.

10 If the axe is blunt, and one doesn't sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.

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

12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

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

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

Ecclesiastes 10:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:12The words of a wise man’s mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:12Words from a wise man's mouth are gracious, but a fool is consumed by his own lips.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:12The words of the mouth of a wise man are grace: but the lips of a fool shall throw him down headlong.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool swallow up himself.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:12Words of the mouth of the wise are gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.