Ecclesiastes 10:15
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
KJV
Labor stultorum affliget eos, qui nesciunt in urbem pergere.
Vulgate
μόχθος τῶν ἀφρόνων κακώσει αὐτούς, ὃς οὐκ ἔγνω τοῦ πορευθῆναι εἰς πόλιν.
LXX
The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.
ASV
עֲמַ֥ל הַ/כְּסִילִ֖ים תְּיַגְּעֶ֑/נּוּ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא יָדַ֖ע לָ/לֶ֥כֶת אֶל עִֽיר
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
וֹ
v
noun · 55×
יָגַ֖עַתְּ
yg't
verb · 26×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
כְּסִ֑יל
ksyl
noun · 69×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 10:3 — Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
- Eccl 10:10 — 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.
- Isa 35:8 — And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err ther
- Isa 57:1 — The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
- Jer 50:4 — In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.
- Ps 107:4 — They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
- Ps 107:7 — And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.