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


In Context

5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler.

6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.

7 I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking like servants on the earth.

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

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.

Ecclesiastes 10:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:8Whoever digs a pit may fall into it; whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:8He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:8He that diggeth a pit falleth into it; and whoso breaketh down a hedge, a serpent biteth him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a fence, a serpent shall bite him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoever breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:8Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:8He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoever breaks an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.