Ecclesiastes 10:9
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New International Version (©1984)
Whoever quarries stones may be injured by them; whoever splits logs may be endangered by them.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
He who quarries stones may be hurt by them, and he who splits logs may be endangered by them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Whoever works in a stone quarry may get hurt. Whoever splits wood may be injured.

King James Bible
Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.

American King James Version
Whoever removes stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that splits wood shall be endangered thereby.

American Standard Version
Whoso heweth out stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.

Bible in Basic English
He who gets out stones from the earth will be damaged by them, and in the cutting of wood there is danger.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that removeth stones, shall be hurt by them: and he that cutteth trees, shall be wounded by them.

Darby Bible Translation
Whoso removeth stones is hurt therewith; he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.

English Revised Version
Whoso heweth out stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.

Webster's Bible Translation
Whoever removeth stones shall be hurt by them; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered by it.

World English Bible
Whoever carves out stones may be injured by them. Whoever splits wood may be endangered thereby.

Young's Literal Translation
Whoso is removing stones is grieved by them, Whoso is cleaving trees endangered by them.

Geneva Study Bible

Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.

Wesley's Notes

10:9 Whoso removeth - Stones too heavy for them: who rashly attempts things too high and hard for them.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

9. removeth stones-namely, of an ancient building [Weiss]. His neighbor's landmarks [Holden]. Cuts out from the quarry [Maurer].

endangered-by the splinters, or by the head of the hatchet, flying back on himself. Pithy aphorisms are common in the East. The sense is: Violations of true wisdom recoil on the perpetrators.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

10:4-10 Solomon appears to caution men not to seek redress in a hasty manner, nor to yield to pride and revenge. Do not, in a passion, quit thy post of duty; wait awhile, and thou wilt find that yielding pacifies great offences. Men are not preferred according to their merit. And those are often most forward to offer help, who are least aware of the difficulties, or the consequences. The same remark is applied to the church, or the body of Christ, that all the members should have the same care one for another.


Ecclesiastes 10:8 He who digs a pit may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a wall.
Ecclesiastes 10:10 If the axe is dull and he does not sharpen its edge, then he must exert more strength. Wisdom has the advantage of giving success. (NASB ©1995)

Carves Cleaveth Cleaving Cutting Damaged Danger Earth Endangered Gets Grieved Heweth Hurt Injured Logs Quarries Removeth Removing Splits Stones Thereby Therewith Trees Wood


Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.



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