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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 shall be under tribute. (Prov. 12:24)
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Prov. 14:1• 1Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. (Prov. 14:1)
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Prov. 20:4• 4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. (Prov. 20:4)
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Prov. 21:25• 25The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labor. (Prov. 21:25)
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Prov. 23:21• 21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. (Prov. 23:21)
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Prov. 24:30‑31• 30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
(Prov. 24:30‑31)
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Heb. 6:11• 11And we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: (Heb. 6:11)
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2 Peter 1:5‑10• 5And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
6And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
8For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
10Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall 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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Lit. "By double slothfulness." it is the dual.
l
Or "the building."