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Ecclesiastes 10

Eccl. 10:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Surely the serpent
nachash (Hebrew #5175)
a snake (from its hiss)
KJV usage: serpent.
Pronounce: naw-khawsh'
Origin: from 5172
will bite
nashak (Hebrew #5391)
to strike with a sting (as a serpent); figuratively, to oppress with interest on a loan
KJV usage: bite, lend upon usury.
Pronounce: naw-shak'
Origin: a primitive root
without enchantment
lachash (Hebrew #3908)
properly, a whisper, i.e. by implication, (in a good sense) a private prayer, (in a bad one) an incantation; concretely, an amulet
KJV usage: charmed, earring, enchantment, orator, prayer.
Pronounce: lakh'-ash
Origin: from 3907
; and βa babbler
ba`al (Hebrew #1167)
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
KJV usage: + archer, + babbler, + bird, captain, chief man, + confederate, + have to do, + dreamer, those to whom it is due, + furious, those that are given to it, great, + hairy, he that hath it, have, + horseman, husband, lord, man, + married, master, person, + sworn, they of.
Pronounce: bah'-al
Origin: from 1166
lashown (Hebrew #3956)
also (in plural) feminine lshonah {lesh-o-naw'}; from 3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
KJV usage: + babbler,bay, + evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
Pronounce: law-shone'
Origin: or lashon {law-shone'}
is no better
yithrown (Hebrew #3504)
preeminence, gain
KJV usage: better, excellency(-leth), profit(-able).
Pronounce: yith-rone'
Origin: from 3498
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the master of the tongue.

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J. N. Darby Translation

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If the serpent bite beforef enchantment, then the charmer hath no advantageg.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "without."
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Or "he who hath a tongue is no better"; the word for "charmer" here is lit. "master of the tongue."