1 Od mrtvih muva usmrdi se i pokvari ulje apotekarsko, tako od malo ludosti cena mudrosti i slavi. 2 Srce je mudrom s desne strane, a ludom je s leve strane. 3 Bezumnik i kad ide putem, bez razuma je i kazuje svima da je bezuman. 4 Ako se podigne na te gnev onog koji vlada, ne ostavljaj mesto svoje, jer blagost uklanja velike grehe. 5 Ima zlo koje videh pod suncem, kao pogreška koja dolazi od vladaoca: 6 Ludost se posađuje na najviše mesto, i bogati sede na niskom mestu. 7 Videh sluge na konjima, a knezovi idu pešice, kao sluge. 8 Ko jamu kopa, u nju će pasti, i ko razvaljuje ogradu, uješće ga zmija. 9 Ko odmiče kamenje, udariće se o njih, ko cepa drva, nije miran od njih. 10 Kad se zatupi gvožđe i oštrice mu se ne naoštre, tada treba više snage; ali mudrost može bolje popraviti. 11 Ako ujede zmija pre bajanja, ništa neće pomoći bajač. 12 Reči iz usta mudrog ljupke su, a bezumnog proždiru usne njegove. 13 Početak je rečima usta njegovih ludost, a svršetak govoru njegovom zlo bezumlje. 14 Jer ludi mnogo govori, a čovek ne zna šta će biti; i ko će mu kazati šta će posle njega biti? 15 Lude mori trud njihov, jer ne znaju ni u grad otići. 16 Teško tebi, zemljo, kad ti je car dete i knezovi tvoji rano jedu! 17 Blago tebi, zemljo, kad ti je car plemenit i knezovi tvoji jedu na vreme da se potkrepe, a ne da se opiju. 18 S lenjosti ugiblje se krov i s nemarnih ruku prokapljuje kuća. 19 Radi veselja gotove se gozbe, i vino veseli žive, a novci vrše sve. 20 Ni u misli svojoj ne psuj cara, ni u kleti, u kojoj spavaš, ne psuj bogatog, jer ptica nebeska odneće glas i šta krila ima dokazaće reč.
Ecclesiastes · Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Ecclesiastes 10 Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
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Notes on this text (3)
- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
Cross references (19)
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
- 13 1 Samuel 25:10–11; Proverbs 29:9; 1 Samuel 20:26–33; 1 Samuel 22:7–8; 2 Kings 6:27
- 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
- 17 Proverbs 31:4–5; Deuteronomy 14:26; Isaiah 5:11; Ecclesiastes 10:6–7; Jeremiah 30:21
- 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
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).
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)