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Ecclesiastes 10

Eccl. 10:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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By much slothfulness
`atslah (Hebrew #6103)
(as abstractly) indolence
KJV usage: slothfulness.
Pronounce: ats-law'
Origin: feminine of 6102
the building
mqareh (Hebrew #4746)
properly, something meeting, i.e. a frame (of timbers)
KJV usage: building.
Pronounce: mek-aw-reh'
Origin: from 7136
decayeth
makak (Hebrew #4355)
to tumble (in ruins); figuratively, to perish
KJV usage: be brought low, decay.
Pronounce: maw-kak'
Origin: a primitive root
; and through idleness
shiphluwth (Hebrew #8220)
remissness
KJV usage: idleness.
Pronounce: shif-looth'
Origin: from 8213
of the hands
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
droppeth through
dalaph (Hebrew #1811)
to drip; by implication, to weep
KJV usage: drop through, melt, pour out.
Pronounce: daw-laf'
Origin: a primitive root
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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 12:24• 24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful hand shall be under tribute. (Prov. 12:24)
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Prov. 14:1• 1The wisdom of women buildeth their house; but folly plucketh it down with her hands. (Prov. 14:1)
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Prov. 20:4• 4The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. (Prov. 20:4)
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Prov. 21:25• 25The desire of the sluggard killeth him; for his hands refuse to work: (Prov. 21:25)
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Prov. 23:21• 21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags. (Prov. 23:21)
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Prov. 24:30‑31• 30I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;
31and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down.
(Prov. 24:30‑31)
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Heb. 6:11• 11But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end; (Heb. 6:11)
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2 Peter 1:5‑10• 5But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge,
6in knowledge temperance, in temperance endurance, in endurance godliness,
7in godliness brotherly love, in brotherly love love:
8for these things existing and abounding in you make you to be neither idle nor unfruitful as regards the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;
9for he with whom these things are not present is blind, short-sighted, and has forgotten the purging of his former sins.
10Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure, for doing these things ye will never fall;
(2 Peter 1:5‑10)
 For the tendency to decay is everywhere under the sun, and no matter what the sphere―high or low, city or house―constant diligence alone offsets that tendency. (Ecclesiastes 10 by F.C. Jennings)

J. N. Darby Translation

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By much sloth fulnessk the frameworkl falleth in; and through idleness of the hands the house drippeth.

JND Translation Notes

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k
Lit. "By double slothfulness." it is the dual.
l
Or "the building."