Ecclesiastes 10
1 fly death to stink to bubble oil to mix precious from wisdom from glory folly little
Dead flies, cause to stink [and] ferment, the oil of the perfumer, —More costly than wisdom or honour, is a little folly.
2 heart wise to/for right his and heart fool to/for left his
The sense of the wise, is on his right hand, —But, the sense of the dullard, on his left:
3 and also in/on/with way: road (like/as which/that fool *Q(K)*) to go: walk heart his to lack and to say to/for all fool he/she/it
Yea, even by the way, as the foolish man walketh along, his sense faileth him—and he telleth everyone that, foolish, is he!
4 if spirit: temper [the] to rule to ascend: rise upon you place your not to rest for healing to rest sin great: large
If, the spirit of a ruler, riseth up against thee, thy place, do not leave, for gentleness, pacifieth such as have greatly erred.
5 there distress: evil to see: see underneath: under [the] sun like/as unintentionally which/that to come out: come from to/for face: before [the] domineering
Here was a misfortune I had seen under the sun, —a veritable mistake that was going forth from the presence of one who had power:
6 to give: put [the] folly in/on/with height many and rich in/on/with poverty to dwell
Folly placed in great dignity, —while, the rich, in a low place, took their seat:
7 to see: see servant/slave upon horse and ruler to go: walk like/as servant/slave upon [the] land: soil
I had seen, servants, upon horses, —and, rulers, walking like servants, on the ground.
8 to search pit in/on/with him to fall: fall and to break through wall to bite him serpent
He that diggeth a pit, thereinto, may fall, —and, he that breaketh through a hedge, there may bite him a serpent.
9 to set out stone to hurt in/on/with them to break up/open tree: stick to endanger in/on/with them
He that removeth stones, may be hurt therewith, —and he that cleaveth wood, may be endangered thereby.
10 if be blunt [the] iron and he/she/it not face to lighten and strength to prevail and advantage (to succeed *Q(k)*) wisdom
If, blunt, be the iron, and, himself, hath not sharpened, the edge, then, much force, must he apply, —but, an advantage for giving success, is wisdom.
11 if to bite [the] serpent in/on/with not charm and nothing advantage to/for master: [master of] [the] tongue
If a serpent will bite, unless he is charmed, then there is nothing better for him that owneth a tongue.
12 word lip wise favor and lips fool to swallow up him
The words of a wise man’s mouth, are pleasant, —but, the lips of a dullard, will swallow him up:
13 beginning word lip his folly and end lip: word his madness bad: evil
The beginning of the words of his mouth, is folly, —but, the latter end of his speech, is mischievous madness.
14 and [the] fool to multiply word not to know [the] man what? which/that to be and which to be from after him who? to tell to/for him
Yet, a foolish man, multiplieth words, —[though] no man knoweth that which hath been, and, that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
15 trouble [the] fool be weary/toil him which not to know to/for to go: journey to(wards) city
The toil of dullards, shall weary a man, that he knoweth not how to go into the city.
16 woe! to/for you land: country/planet which/that king your youth and ruler your in/on/with morning to eat
Alas! for thee, O land, when thy king is a boy, —and, thy rulers, in the morning, do eat:
17 blessed you land: country/planet which/that king your son: child noble and ruler your in/on/with time to eat in/on/with might and not in/on/with drunkenness
How happy art thou, O land, when thy king is a son of nobles, —and, thy rulers, in season, do eat, for strength, and not for debauchery.
18 in/on/with sluggishness to sink [the] rafter and in/on/with idleness hand to drip [the] house: home
By two lazy arms, the framework sinketh in, —and, by the hanging down of the hands, the house may leak.
19 to/for laughter to make food: bread and wine to rejoice life and [the] silver: money to answer [obj] [the] all
Merrily people make bread, and, wine, gladdeneth life, —but, money, answereth all things.
20 also in/on/with knowledge your king not to lighten and in/on/with chamber bed your not to lighten rich for bird [the] heaven to go: take [obj] [the] voice and master: men (wing *Q(K)*) to tell word: thing
Even in thy thought, do not revile, the king, nor, within thy bed-chambers, revile thou the rich, —for, a bird of the heavens, might carry the voice, yea, an owner of wings, might tell the matter.
