Ecclesiastes 10:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?”
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“Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?”
King James Version · Public Domain“A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the fool multiplieth words: `Man knoweth not that which is, And that which is after him, who doth declare to him?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 10:14 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 34:37For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”
- Job 35:16So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
- Proverbs 10:19When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
- Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
- Ecclesiastes 3:22I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?
- Ecclesiastes 5:3As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.
- Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
- Ecclesiastes 8:7Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?
- Ezekiel 35:13You boasted against Me with your mouth and multiplied your words against Me. I heard it Myself!
- James 4:13Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”
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