Ecclesiastes 10:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חֹפֵ֥ר גּוּמָּ֖ץ בּ֣וֹ יִפּ֑וֹל וּפֹרֵ֥ץ גָּדֵ֖ר יִשְּׁכֶ֥נּוּ נָחָֽשׁ׃

Transliteration

ḥōpēr gûmmāṣ in it yippôl û-pōrēṣ gādēr yiššəkennû nāḥāš

Grammar Details

• *ḥōpēr*: qal participle masculine singular - digging/one who digs
• *gûmmāṣ*: masculine singular noun - pit/hole
• *bô*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - in it/into it
• *yippôl*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will fall
• *û-pōrēṣ*: conjunction + qal participle masculine singular - and one who breaks through
• *gādēr*: masculine singular noun - wall/fence
• *yiššəkennû*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - will bite him
• *nāḥāš*: masculine singular noun - serpent/snake

Word Meanings

• *ḥōpēr*: one who digs/digger
• *gûmmāṣ*: pit/hole/trench
• *yippôl*: will fall/falls/may fall
• *pōrēṣ*: one who breaks through/breaker/one who demolishes
• *gādēr*: wall/fence/hedge
• *yiššəkennû*: will bite him/may bite him
• *nāḥāš*: serpent/snake

Referenced Verses

• Prov 26:27 : 27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.
• Amos 5:19 : 19 As 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 9:3 : 3 And 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 it shall bite them.
• Judg 9:5 : 5 And 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: but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
• Judg 9:53-57 : 53 And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech's head, and brake his skull. 54 Then he called hastily unto the young man his armorbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and kill me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. 55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place. 56 Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren; 57 and all the wickedness of the men of Shechem did God requite upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
• 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home, unto his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
• 2 Sam 18:15 : 15 And ten young men that bare Joab's armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
• Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
• Ps 7:15-16 : 15 He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
• Ps 9:15-16 : 15 The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken. 16 Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. {H1902} Selah}