Ecclesiastes 10:11
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Surely the serpent will bite if not charmed, and a babbler is no better.
If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.
If the serpent bites before being charmed, then there is no profit for the charmer.
If the serpent bites before it is charmed, then it is no use to call a charmer [and the slanderer is no better than the uncharmed snake].
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
If the snake bites before it is charmed, then there is no advantage for the charmer.
If a snake bites before it’s charmed, then there’s no profit for the snake charmer.
If a snake bites before it is charmed, the snake-charmer has no advantage.
The power to charm a snake does you no good if it bites you anyway.
If the serpent bite before enchantment, then the charmer hath no advantage.
If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly.
Someone might know how to control snakes. But that skill is useless if a snake bites when that person is not around.
Someone may have power over dangerous snakes. But that will not help him if the snake bites him first.
If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage to having a charmer.
If the serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage to the charmer.
If the serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage to the charmer.
If a snake bites the ·tamer [charmer] before it is ·tamed [charmed], what good is the ·tamer [charmer]?
If the serpent bite, when he is not charmed: no better is a babbler.
If a snake bites before it has been charmed, then there is no advantage in being a snake charmer.
Knowing how to charm a snake is of no use if you let the snake bite first.
If the snake bites before it is charmed, then there is no advantage for the charmer.
Someone might know how to control snakes. But what good is such wisdom if the snake has already bitten him?
If a serpent strikes despite being charmed, there’s no point in being a snake charmer.
If the serpent bites without being enchanted, then the babbler is no more.
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
If the serpent bites before being charmed, there is no advantage for the charmer.
If the snake bites before the charming, the snake charmer will not succeed.
When the horse is stolen, it is too late to lock the barn.
If the snake bites before it’s been charmed, What’s the point in then sending for the charmer? * * *
If a serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage to the charmer.
If a snake bites before it has been charmed, then there is no advantage in being a snake charmer.
If the snake bites before it is charmed, then there is no advantage in a charmer.
If the serpent bites before being charmed, there is no benefit for the charmer.
If the serpent bites before being charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
If a snake bites because it has not been charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
If a snake bites the tamer before it is tamed, what good is the tamer?
If the snake should bite before it is charmed, the snake charmer is in trouble.
Suppose a snake bites before it is charmed. Then the snake charmer receives no payment.
If a snake bites before it is charmed, the charmer receives no fee.
If a snake bites before it is charmed, the charmer receives no fee.
A serpent may bite when it is not charmed; The babbler is no different.
If the snake bites before it is put under a man’s power, it will not be of help to the man who would have power over it.
If a snake bites before you charm it, what’s the use of being a snake charmer?
If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage in a charmer.
If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage in a charmer.
If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage in a charmer.
If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage in a charmer.
If the nachash will bite before it is charmed, there is no use in a charmer.
If the serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage in a charmer.
If the serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage in a charmer.
If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
If a snake bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage in being a snake charmer.
If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer’s tongue.
If a serpent biteth, it biteth in silence; he that backbiteth privily, hath nothing less than it (he who privately, or secretly, backbiteth someone is no better).
If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.
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