Ecclesiastes · Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Ecclesiastes 10 Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
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1 Las moscas muertas dan mal olor y echan a perder el perfume. Un pequeño error puede pesar más que gran sabiduría y honra.
1 Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.
2 El corazón del sabio lo impulsa al bien; el del necio, lo lleva al mal.
2 A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left.
3 Al necio se le conoce con sólo ver cómo camina por la calle.
3 Yes also when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.
4 Si el patrón se enoja contigo, no renuncies. El espíritu sereno apaciguará el enojo.
4 If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don’t leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.
5 Otro mal he visto al observar el acontecer del mundo, algo triste relativo a reyes y gobernantes:
5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler.
6 pues he visto otorgar mucha autoridad a los necios, y que a los ricos no se les concede el puesto de honor que les corresponde.
6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.
7 ¡Hasta he visto sirvientes a caballo, mientras los príncipes marchaban como sirvientes!
7 I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking like servants on the earth.
8 Cavas un pozo, y caes en él; derribas un muro viejo, y una serpiente te muerde. Trabajas en la cantera, y cae una piedra y te aplasta. Hay peligro en cada golpe de hacha que das.
8 He who digs a pit may fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.
9 Not in this translation
9 Whoever carves out stones may be injured by them. Whoever splits wood may be endangered by it.
10 Si el hacha no tiene filo, se necesita mucha fuerza; sé inteligente: afílala.
10 If the ax is blunt, and one doesn’t sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.
11 Si la serpiente muere antes de ser hechizada, de nada sirve el encantador.
11 If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer’s tongue.
12 Es agradable oír las palabras sabias; pero los labios del necio lo llevan a la ruina. Puesto que su premisa es necia; su conclusión es locura.
12 The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.
13 Not in this translation
13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
14 El necio lo sabe todo respecto al futuro y a todo el mundo le da los detalles. Pero, ¿quién podrá realmente saber lo que va a ocurrir?
14 A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn’t know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?
15 Al necio le preocupa tanto el mínimo trabajo, que no tiene fuerzas para el asunto más sencillo.
15 The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn’t know how to go to the city.
16 ¡Ay de la nación que tiene por rey a un niño y cuyos dirigentes están embriagados desde la mañana! Dichosa la nación cuyo rey es un noble, y cuyos dirigentes trabajan empeñosamente antes de andar en fiestas y en bebidas, a no ser para fortalecerse para sus tareas.
16 Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!
17 Not in this translation
17 Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
18 Por causa del ocio se cae el techo.
18 By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
19 En la fiesta hay risa; el vino da alegría y con dinero todo se obtiene.
19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.
20 Jamás, ni de pensamiento, maldigas al rey; tampoco al rico, pues no faltará pajarito que se lo cuente.
20 Don’t curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; and don’t curse the rich in your bedroom, for a bird of the sky may carry your voice, and that which has wings may tell the matter.
Cross references (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Matthew 5:13–16; Galatians 2:12–14; Nehemiah 13:26; Exodus 30:25; 2 Chronicles 19:2
- 2 Luke 12:18–20; Ecclesiastes 10:14; Luke 14:28–32; Ecclesiastes 10:10; Proverbs 17:16
- 3 Proverbs 18:2; Proverbs 13:16; Proverbs 18:6; 1 Peter 4:4; Ecclesiastes 5:3
- 4 Proverbs 25:15; Ecclesiastes 8:3; 1 Samuel 25:24–44
- 5 Ecclesiastes 5:13; Ecclesiastes 6:1; Ecclesiastes 9:3; Ecclesiastes 4:7; Ecclesiastes 3:16
- 6 Proverbs 28:12; Proverbs 29:2; Esther 3:1; Psalm 12:8; 1 Kings 12:13–14
- 7 Proverbs 19:10; Esther 6:8; Proverbs 30:22
- 8 Proverbs 26:27; Psalm 7:15–16; Esther 7:10; Amos 5:19; Psalm 9:15–16
- 10 James 1:5; Colossians 4:5; Ecclesiastes 10:15; 1 Corinthians 14:20; Ephesians 5:15–17
- 11 Jeremiah 8:17; Psalm 58:4–5; Psalm 52:2; Psalm 64:3; Proverbs 18:21
- 12 Colossians 4:6; Luke 4:22; Proverbs 15:2; Proverbs 22:11; Ephesians 4:29
- 14 Proverbs 15:2; Ecclesiastes 5:3; James 4:13–14; Ecclesiastes 8:7; Ecclesiastes 3:22
- 15 Isaiah 57:1; Jeremiah 50:4–5; Ecclesiastes 10:3; Psalm 107:7; Psalm 107:4
- 16 Isaiah 3:12; Isaiah 5:11–12; Isaiah 3:4–5; Proverbs 20:1–2; Jeremiah 21:12
- 18 Proverbs 14:1; Proverbs 24:30–34; Proverbs 20:4; Proverbs 21:25; Hebrews 6:11
- 19 Psalm 104:15; Philippians 4:15–19; Isaiah 24:11; Ecclesiastes 2:1–2; Luke 12:19
- 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
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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).
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)
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)