Ecclesiastes 10:9
7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The one who quarries stones may be injured by them, and he who splits logs endangers himself.
- KJV
- Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
- WEB
- Whoever carves out stones may be injured by them. Whoever splits wood may be endangered by it.
- ASV
- Whoso heweth out stones shall be hurt therewith; [and] he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.
- DARBY
- Whoso removeth stones is hurt therewith; he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.
- BLB
- The one pulling out stones will be hurt by them; the one splitting trees endangers himself by them.
- ÅB
- Den som bryter stein, kan få en skade av det; den som hugger ved, kan komme i fare ved det.
- OTB
- Den som bryter stein kan bli skadet av dem, og den som kløyver ved kan være i fare fra dem.
- B1930
- Den som bryter sten, kan få en skade av det; den som hugger ved, kan komme i fare ved det.