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Ecclesiastes 10

Eccl. 10:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hen that diggeth
chaphar (Hebrew #2658)
properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore
KJV usage: dig, paw, search out, seek.
Pronounce: khaw-far'
Origin: a primitive root
a pit
guwmmats (Hebrew #1475)
a pit
KJV usage: pit.
Pronounce: goom-mawts'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
shall fall
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
into it; and whoso breaketh
parats (Hebrew #6555)
to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)
KJV usage: X abroad, (make a) breach, break (away, down, -er, forth, in, up), burst out, come (spread) abroad, compel, disperse, grow, increase, open, press, scatter, urge.
Pronounce: paw-rats'
Origin: a primitive root
an hedge
gader (Hebrew #1447)
a circumvallation; by implication, an inclosure
KJV usage: fence, hedge, wall.
Pronounce: gaw-dare'
Origin: from 1443
, a serpent
nachash (Hebrew #5175)
a snake (from its hiss)
KJV usage: serpent.
Pronounce: naw-khawsh'
Origin: from 5172
shall 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
him.
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Psa. 7:15• 15He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. (Psa. 7:15)

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Hedge,
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Ministry on This Verse

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Judg. 9:5,53‑57• 5And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
 53And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.
 54Then he called hastily unto the young man his armorbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
 55And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
 56Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
 57And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal. (Judg. 9:5,53‑57)
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2 Sam. 17:23• 23And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. (2 Sam. 17:23)
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2 Sam. 18:15• 15And ten young men that bare Joab's armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him. (2 Sam. 18:15)
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Esther 7:10• 10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified. (Esther 7:10)
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Psa. 7:15‑16• 15He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
 16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. (Psa. 7:15‑16)
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Psa. 9:15‑16• 15The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
 16The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. (Psa. 9:15‑16)
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Prov. 26:27• 27Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. (Prov. 26:27)
a serpent.
Amos 5:19• 19As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. (Amos 5:19)
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Amos 9:3• 3And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them: (Amos 9:3)
• Eccl. 10:8-10. But then, Ecclesiastes continues, is there complete security in the humbler ranks of life? Nay, there is no occupation that has not its accompanying danger. Digging or hedging, quarrying or cleaving wood―all have their peculiar difficulties. Although there, too, wisdom is still evidently better than brute strength. (“Ecclesiastes 10” by F.C. Jennings)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He that diggeth a pit falleth into it; and whoso breaketh down a hedge, a serpent biteth him.