Ecclesiastes 10:15
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
Ecclesiastes 10:15 in other translations
| BSB | The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city. |
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| WEB | The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn’t know how to go to the city. |
| ASV | The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city. |
| YLT | The labour of the foolish wearieth him, In that he hath not known to go unto the city. |
| DARBY | The labour of fools wearieth them, because they know not how to go to the city. |
| BBE | The work of the foolish will be a weariness to him, because he has no knowledge of the way to the town. |
| Webster | The labor of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city. |
What does Ecclesiastes 10:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ecclesiastes 10:11-15
There is a practice in the East, of charming serpents by music. The babbler's tongue is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison; and contradiction only makes it the more violent. We must find the way to keep him gentle. But by rash, unprincipled, or slanderous talk, he brings open or secret vengeance upon himself. Would we duly consider our own ignorance as to future events, it would cut off many idle words which we…
Ecclesiastes 10:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ecclesiastes 10:15
- Isaiah 57:1
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
- Jeremiah 50:4-5
In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the Lord their God. They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
- Ecclesiastes 10:3
Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
- Psalms 107:7
And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
- Psalms 107:4
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
- Isaiah 35:8-10
And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
- Isaiah 44:12-17
The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint. The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto. …
- Habakkuk 2:6
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
- Ecclesiastes 10:10
If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
- Matthew 11:28-30
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
- Isaiah 47:12-13
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
- Isaiah 55:2
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
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3,10; Isa 44:12-17; 47:12,13; 55:2; 57:1; Hab 2:6; Mt 11:28-30
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Ps 107:4,7; Isa 35:8-10; Jer 50:4,5
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Context
- Ecclesiastes 10:14
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
- Ecclesiastes 10:15
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
- Ecclesiastes 10:16
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
Ecclesiastes 10:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El trabajo de los necios los fatiga; porque no saben por dónde ir á la ciudad. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Le travail des sots les lasse, parce qu’ils ne savent pas aller à la ville. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die Mühe des Toren macht ihn müde, ihn, der nicht einmal nach der Stadt zu gehen weiß. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Labor stultorum affliget eos, qui nesciunt in urbem pergere. |