Ecclesiastes 10:8
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
KJV
Qui fodit foveam incidet in eam, et qui dissipat sepem mordebit eum coluber.
Vulgate
ὁ ὀρύσσων βόθρον εἰς αὐτὸν ἐμπεσεῖται, καὶ καθαιροῦντα φραγμόν, δήξεται αὐτὸν ὄφις·
LXX
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.
ASV
חֹפֵ֥ר גּוּמָּ֖ץ בּ֣/וֹ יִפּ֑וֹל וּ/פֹרֵ֥ץ גָּדֵ֖ר יִשְּׁכֶ֥/נּוּ נָחָֽשׁ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
גָּדֵ֖ר
gdr
noun · 11×
גּוּמָּ֖ץ
gvmts
noun · 1×
וֹ
v
verb · 16×
חָֽפְרוּ֙
chprv
verb · 22×
יִּפֹּ֥ל
ypl
verb · 434×
נָּחָ֖שׁ
nchsh
noun · 31×
פָּרַ֨ץ
prts
verb · 49×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Sam 17:23 — And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and
- Amos 5:19 — As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
- Amos 9:3 — And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he s
- Esth 7:10 — So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
- Jer 18:20 — Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
- Judg 9:5 — And he went unto his father’s house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal w
- Judg 9:53 — And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull.
- Prov 11:6 — The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
- Prov 11:18 — The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
- Prov 26:27 — Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
- Prov 26:27 — Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
- Prov 28:10 — Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
- Ps 7:15 — He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
- Ps 7:15 — He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
- Ps 9:15 — The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.