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Ecclesiastes 10:13
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Ecclesiastes 10:13
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- Ecclesiastes 10:13 tn Heb “the words of his mouth.”
- Ecclesiastes 10:13 sn The terms “beginning” and “end” form a merism, a figure of speech in which two opposites are contrasted to indicate totality (e.g., Deut 6:7; Ps 139:8; Eccl 3:2-8). The words of a fool are madness from “start to finish.”
- Ecclesiastes 10:13 tn Heb “his mouth.”
- Ecclesiastes 10:13 tn Heb “madness of evil.”
Ecclesiastes 10:13
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Ecclesiastes 10:13
New International Version
13 At the beginning their words are folly;
at the end they are wicked madness—
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