Ecclesiastes 10:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְגַם־בַּדֶּ֛רֶךְ כְּשֶׁסָּכָ֥ל הֹלֵ֖ךְ לִבּ֣וֹ חָסֵ֑ר וְאָמַ֥ר לַכֹּ֖ל סָכָ֥ל הֽוּא׃

Transliteration

wə-gam-in hadderek when sākāl hōlēk, libbô ḥāsēr wə-ʾāmar to kōl sākāl he

Grammar Details

*wə*: conjunction - and
*gam*: particle - also/even
*hadderek*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the way/road
*kə-še-sākāl*: conjunction + relative particle + adjective - when/as the fool
*hōlēk*: qal participle masculine singular - walking/going
*libbô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his heart
*ḥāsēr*: adjective, masculine singular - lacking/deficient
*wə-ʾāmar*: conjunction + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and he says
*la-kōl*: preposition + noun - to all/everyone
*sākāl*: adjective, masculine singular - foolish
*hûʾ*: 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - he/it

Word Meanings

*hadderek*: the way/the road/the path
*sākāl*: fool/foolish one
*hōlēk*: walks/goes/travels
*libbô*: his heart/his mind/his understanding
*ḥāsēr*: lacking/deficient/wanting
*la-kōl*: to everyone/to all people

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 13:16 : 16 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
Prov 18:2 : 2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
Prov 18:6 : 6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
Eccl 5:3 : 3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
1 Pet 4:4 : 4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

Similar Verses (AI)

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Eccl 10:1-2
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1Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
2A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
Prov 12:15-16
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15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
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Eccl 10:12-15
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12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
14A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
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Prov 14:7-8
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7Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
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Prov 13:16
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16Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
Prov 19:3
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3The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
Prov 15:21
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21Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
Prov 26:4-6
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4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
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Eccl 2:14-15
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14The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
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Prov 18:2
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Prov 29:11
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Prov 14:33
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Prov 10:8-10
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Prov 14:16
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Prov 17:28
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Prov 23:9
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Prov 26:11-12
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11As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
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Prov 17:24
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Prov 17:16
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Prov 24:7
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Prov 10:23
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Prov 28:26
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Prov 12:23
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Prov 14:3
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Prov 14:24
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Prov 18:6
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Eccl 6:8
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Prov 10:18
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18He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
Prov 8:5
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Eccl 7:6
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Prov 15:2
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