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Ecclesiastes 10

Eccl. 10:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The beginning
tchillah (Hebrew #8462)
a commencement; rel. original (adverb, -ly)
KJV usage: begin(-ning), first (time).
Pronounce: tekh-il-law'
Origin: from 2490 in the sense of opening
of the words
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
of his mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
is foolishness
cikluwth (Hebrew #5531)
from 5528; silliness
KJV usage: folly, foolishness.
Pronounce: sik-looth'
Origin: or sikluwth (Eccl. 1:17) {sik-looth'}
: and the end
'achariyth (Hebrew #319)
the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity
KJV usage: (last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward.
Pronounce: akh-ar-eeth'
Origin: from 310
of his ζtalk
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
is mischievous
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
madness
howleluwth (Hebrew #1948)
folly
KJV usage: madness.
Pronounce: ho-lay-looth'
Origin: from active participle of 1984
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ζ
mouth.

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Judg. 14:15• 15{i}And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said to Samson's wife, Persuade thy husband, that he may explain to us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire. Have ye invited us to impoverish us, —is it not so?{/i} (Judg. 14:15)
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1 Sam. 20:26‑33• 26Nevertheless Saul spake not anything that day: for he thought, Something had befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.
 27And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor today?
 28And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem:
 29and he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.
 30{i}And{/i} Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?
 31For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
 32And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?
 33And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him; whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David. (1 Sam. 20:26‑33)
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1 Sam. 22:7‑8,16‑18• 7{i}Then Saul said to his servants that stood by him, Hear now, ye Benjaminites: will the son of Jesse give everyone of you also fields and vineyards? Will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,{/i}
 8{i}that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that informs me when my son has made a covenant with the son of Jesse; and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or informs me that my son has stirred up my servant as a lier-in-wait against me, as at this day?{/i}
 16{i}And the king said, Thou shalt certainly die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.{/i}
 17{i}And the king said to the couriers that stood about him, Turn and put the priests of Jehovah to death; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not inform me. But the servants of the king were not willing to put forth their hand to fall on the priests of Jehovah.{/i}
 18{i}And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall on the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and fell on the priests, and put to death that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod.{/i} (1 Sam. 22:7‑8,16‑18)
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1 Sam. 25:10‑11• 10{i}And Nabal answered David's servants and said{/i}, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
 11Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men whom I know not whence they be? (1 Sam. 25:10‑11)
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2 Sam. 19:41‑43• 41{i}And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king{/i}, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan?
 42And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?
 43And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye; {i}and why didst thou slight me? and was not my advice the first, to bring back my king? And the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel.{/i} (2 Sam. 19:41‑43)
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2 Sam. 20:1• 1{i}And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite; and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, Israel.{/i} (2 Sam. 20:1)
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2 Kings 6:27,31• 27And he said, If Jehovah do not help thee whence shall I help thee? {i}Out of the threshing-floor, or out of the winepress?{/i}
 31{i}And he said, God do so, and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall remain on him this day!{/i} (2 Kings 6:27,31)
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Prov. 29:9• 9{i}If a wise man contendeth with a fool,{HR}Whether he rage or laugh, [he] hath no rest.{/i} (Prov. 29:9)
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Matt. 2:7‑8,16• 7{i}Then Herod, having secretly called the magi, inquired of them accurately the time of the star that was appearing;{/i}
 8{i}and having sent them to Bethlehem, said, Go, search out accurately concerning the child, and when ye shall have found [him] bring me back word, so that I also may come and do him homage.{/i}
 16{i}Then Herod, seeing that he had been mocked by the magi, was greatly enraged; and sent and slew all the boys which [were] in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time which he had accurately inquired from the magi.{/i} (Matt. 2:7‑8,16)
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Luke 6:2,11• 2But some of the Pharisees said to them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?
 11{i}But{/i} they were filled with madness, and spoke together among themselves what they should do to Jesus. (Luke 6:2,11)
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Luke 11:38,53‑54• 38{i}But the Pharisee seeing [it] wondered{/i} that he had not first washed before dinner.
 53And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him vehemently, and to make him speak of many things;
 54watching him [and seeking] to catch something out of his mouth [that they might accuse him]. (Luke 11:38,53‑54)
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John 12:10• 10But the chief priests consulted that they might kill Lazarus also, (John 12:10)
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Acts 5:28‑33• 28saying, We strictly charged you not to teach on this name; and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and purpose to bring upon us the blood of this man.
 29And in answer Peter and the apostles said, Obedience must be to God rather than men.
 30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom ye slew by hanging on a tree:
 31him God exalted with his right hand as Leader and Saviour to give repentance to Israel and remission of sins.
 32And we are [his] witnesses of these things and the Holy Spirit whom God gave to those that obey him.
 33And when they heard, they were cut [to the heart] and took counsel. (Acts 5:28‑33)
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Acts 6:9‑11• 9And there arose certain of those that were of the synagogue called [that] of the freedmen, and of Cyrenians, and of Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen.
 10And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.
 11Then they suborned men, saying, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God. (Acts 6:9‑11)
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Acts 7:54‑59• 54Now hearing these things they were deeply cut to their hearts, and gnashing their teeth at him.
 55But being full of the Holy Spirit, looking fixedly into heaven, he saw [the] glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God,
 56and said, Lo, I behold the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.
 57But they crying with a loud voice held their ears and rushed upon him with one accord,
 58and cast out of the city and stoned [him]. And the witnesses laid aside their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul,
 59and stoned Stephen, invoking and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. (Acts 7:54‑59)
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Acts 19:24‑28• 24For a certain [man] by name Demetrius, a silver-beater, making silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the artisans,
 25whom he gathered together with the workmen of like nature, and said, Men, ye are aware that we have our prosperity from this business.
 26And ye behold and hear that this Paul hath persuaded and turned away a considerable crowd, not only of Ephesus, but of almost all Asia, saying that they are no gods that are made by hands.
 27Now, not only is there danger for us that this trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be counted for nothing, and that even she should be deposed from her magnificence, whom all Asia and the world revereth.
 28And when they heard they were filled with wrath and kept crying out, saying, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians. (Acts 19:24‑28)
talk.
Heb. mouth.

J. N. Darby Translation

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The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly; and the end of his talkh is mischievous madness.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "mouth."

W. Kelly Translation

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The beginning of his mouth’s words is foolishness,{HR}And the end of his mouth mischievous madness.