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Ecclesiastes 10:12-14
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 10:12-14
New International Version
12 Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious,(A)
but fools are consumed by their own lips.(B)
13 At the beginning their words are folly;
at the end they are wicked madness—
14 and fools multiply words.(C)
No one knows what is coming—
who can tell someone else what will happen after them?(D)
Ecclesiastes 10:12-14
King James Version
Ecclesiastes 10:12-14
King James Version
12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
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Ecclesiastes 10:12-14
New King James Version
Ecclesiastes 10:12-14
New King James Version
12 (A)The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious,
But (B)the lips of a fool shall swallow him up;
13 The words of his mouth begin with foolishness,
And the end of his talk is raving madness.
14 (C)A fool also multiplies words.
No man knows what is to be;
Who can tell him (D)what will be after him?
Ecclesiastes 10:20
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 10:20
New International Version
20 Do not revile the king(A) even in your thoughts,
or curse the rich in your bedroom,
because a bird in the sky may carry your words,
and a bird on the wing may report what you say.
Ecclesiastes 10:20
King James Version
Ecclesiastes 10:20
King James Version
20 Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
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Ecclesiastes 10:20
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Ecclesiastes 10:20
New King James Version
20 (A)Do not curse the king, even in your thought;
Do not curse the rich, even in your bedroom;
For a bird of the air may carry your voice,
And a bird in flight may tell the matter.
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