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Ecclesiastes 10 Brenton's English Septuagint

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  • Individual translator
  • OT: Septuagint (Greek)
  • Septuagint Old Testament (no New Testament)
  • Formal (word for word)
  • 1844
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Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
1 Pestilent flies will corrupt a preparation of sweet ointment: [and] a little wisdom is more precious than great glory of folly.
1 LAS moscas muertas hacen heder [y] dar mal olor el perfume del perfumista: [así] una pequeña locura, al estimado por sabiduría y honra.
2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
2 El corazón del sabio está á su mano derecha; mas el corazón del necio á su mano izquierda.
3 Yea, and whenever a fool walks by the way, his heart will fail him, and all that he thinks of is folly.
3 Y aun mientras va el necio por el camino, fálta[le] su cordura, y dice á todos, [que] es necio.
4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for soothing will put an end to great offences.
4 Si el espíritu del príncipe se exaltare contra ti, no dejes tu lugar; porque la lenidad hará cesar grandes ofensas.
5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, wherein an error has proceeded from the ruler.
5 Hay un mal que debajo del sol he visto, á manera de error emanado del príncipe:
6 The fool has been set in very high places, while rich men would sit in a low one.
6 La necedad está colocada en grandes alturas, y los ricos están sentados en lugar bajo.
7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants on the earth.
7 Vi siervos en caballos, y príncipes que andaban como siervos sobre la tierra.
8 He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and him that breaks down a hedge a serpent shall bite.
8 El que hiciere el hoyo caerá en él; y el que aportillare el vallado, morderále la serpiente.
9 He that removes stones shall be troubled thereby; he that cleaves wood shall be endangered thereby.
9 El que mudare las piedras, trabajo tendrá en ellas: el que cortare la leña, en ella peligrará.
10 If the axe-head should fall off, then the man troubles his countenance, and he must put forth more strength: and [in that case] skill is of no advantage to a man.
10 Si se embotare el hierro, y su filo no fuere amolado, hay que añadir entonces más fuerza: empero excede la bondad de la sabiduría.
11 If a serpent bite when there is no [charmer's] whisper, then there is no advantage to the charmer.
11 Muerde la serpiente cuando no está encantada, y el lenguaraz no es mejor.
12 The words of a wise mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.
12 Las palabras de la boca del sabio son gracia; mas los labios del necio causan su propia ruina.
13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly: and the end of his talk mischievous madness.
13 El principio de las palabras de su boca es necedad; y el fin de su charla nocivo desvarío.
14 A fool moreover multiplies words: man knows not what has been, nor what will be: who shall tell him what will come after him?
14 El necio multiplica palabras: no sabe hombre lo que ha de ser; ¿y quién le hará saber lo que después de él será?
15 The labour of fools will afflict them, [as that of one] who knows not to go to the city.
15 El trabajo de los necios los fatiga; porque no saben por dónde ir á la ciudad.
16 Woe to thee, O city, whose king is young, and thy princes eat in the morning!
16 ¡Ay de ti, tierra, cuando tu rey es muchacho, y tus príncipes comen de mañana!
17 Blessed art thou, O land, whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes shall eat seasonably, for strength, and shall not be ashamed.
17 ¡Bienaventurada, tú, tierra, cuando tu rey es hijo de nobles, y tus príncipes comen á su hora, por refección, y no por el beber!
18 By slothful neglect a building will be brought low: and by idleness of the hands the house will fall to pieces.
18 Por la pereza se cae la techumbre, y por flojedad de manos se llueve la casa.
19 Men prepare bread for laughter, and wine and oil that the living should rejoice: but to money all things will humbly yield obedience.
19 Por el placer se hace el convite, y el vino alegra los vivos: y el dinero responde á todo.
20 Even in thy conscience, curse not the king; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry thy voice, and that which has wings shall report thy speech.
20 Ni aun en tu pensamiento digas mal del rey, ni en los secretos de tu cámara digas mal del rico; porque las aves del cielo llevarán la voz, y las que tienen alas harán saber la palabra.
Cross references (19)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Matthew 5:13–16; Galatians 2:12–14; Nehemiah 13:26; Exodus 30:25; 2 Chronicles 19:2
  2. 2 Luke 12:18–20; Ecclesiastes 10:14; Luke 14:28–32; Ecclesiastes 10:10; Proverbs 17:16
  3. 3 Proverbs 18:2; Proverbs 13:16; Proverbs 18:6; 1 Peter 4:4; Ecclesiastes 5:3
  4. 4 Proverbs 25:15; Ecclesiastes 8:3; 1 Samuel 25:24–44
  5. 5 Ecclesiastes 5:13; Ecclesiastes 6:1; Ecclesiastes 9:3; Ecclesiastes 4:7; Ecclesiastes 3:16
  6. 6 Proverbs 28:12; Proverbs 29:2; Esther 3:1; Psalm 12:8; 1 Kings 12:13–14
  7. 7 Proverbs 19:10; Esther 6:8; Proverbs 30:22
  8. 8 Proverbs 26:27; Psalm 7:15–16; Esther 7:10; Amos 5:19; Psalm 9:15–16
  9. 10 James 1:5; Colossians 4:5; Ecclesiastes 10:15; 1 Corinthians 14:20; Ephesians 5:15–17
  10. 11 Jeremiah 8:17; Psalm 58:4–5; Psalm 52:2; Psalm 64:3; Proverbs 18:21
  11. 12 Colossians 4:6; Luke 4:22; Proverbs 15:2; Proverbs 22:11; Ephesians 4:29
  12. 13 1 Samuel 25:10–11; Proverbs 29:9; 1 Samuel 20:26–33; 1 Samuel 22:7–8; 2 Kings 6:27
  13. 14 Proverbs 15:2; Ecclesiastes 5:3; James 4:13–14; Ecclesiastes 8:7; Ecclesiastes 3:22
  14. 15 Isaiah 57:1; Jeremiah 50:4–5; Ecclesiastes 10:3; Psalm 107:7; Psalm 107:4
  15. 16 Isaiah 3:12; Isaiah 5:11–12; Isaiah 3:4–5; Proverbs 20:1–2; Jeremiah 21:12
  16. 17 Proverbs 31:4–5; Deuteronomy 14:26; Isaiah 5:11; Ecclesiastes 10:6–7; Jeremiah 30:21
  17. 18 Proverbs 14:1; Proverbs 24:30–34; Proverbs 20:4; Proverbs 21:25; Hebrews 6:11
  18. 19 Psalm 104:15; Philippians 4:15–19; Isaiah 24:11; Ecclesiastes 2:1–2; Luke 12:19
  19. 20 Acts 23:5; Luke 12:2–3; 2 Kings 6:12; Exodus 22:28; Ecclesiastes 7:21–22

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What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 10:16 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XVII, Chapter 19)

    Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in season, in fortitude, and not in confusion!" He has called the devil a youth, because of the folly and pride, and rashness and unruliness, and other vices which are wont to abound at that age; but Christ is the Son of nobles, …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  2. Quotes verse 10:4 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture II)

    Therefore saith the Preacher, If the spirit of him that hath power rise up against thee, quit not thy place.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)