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Ecclesiastes 10:3

American Standard Version

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

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Ecclesiastes 10:3 in other translations

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

Ecclesiastes 10:3 · World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 10:3 in context

  1. 1Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.
  2. 2A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.
  3. 3Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
  4. 4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for gentleness allayeth great offences.
  5. 5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler: