DRC, VulgClementine, KJV - Ecclesiastes - 10

10:1  Dying flies spoil the sweetness of the ointment. Wisdom and glory is more precious than a small and shortlived folly.

10:1  Muscæ morientes perdunt suavitatem unguenti. Pretiosior est sapientia et gloria, parva et ad tempus stultitia.

10:1  Dead 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.

10:2  The heart of a wise man is in his right hand, and the heart of a fool is in his left hand.

10:2  Cor sapientis in dextera ejus, et cor stulti in sinistra illius.

10:2  A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.

10:3  Yea, and the fool when he walketh in the way, whereas he himself is a fool, esteemeth all men fools.

10:3  Sed et in via stultus ambulans, cum ipse insipiens sit, omnes stultos æstimat.

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.

10:4  If the spirit of him that hath power, ascend upon thee, leave not thy place: because care will make the greatest sins to cease.

10:4  Si spiritus potestatem habentis ascenderit super te, locum tuum ne demiseris, quia curatio faciet cessare peccata maxima.

10:4  If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

10:5  There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were by an error proceeding from the face of the prince:

10:5  Est malum quod vidi sub sole, quasi per errorem egrediens a facie principis :

10:5  There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

10:6  A fool set in high dignity, and the rich sitting beneath.

10:6  positum stultum in dignitate sublimi, et divites sedere deorsum.

10:6  Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

10:7  I have seen servants upon horses: and princes walking on the ground as servants.

10:7  Vidi servos in equis, et principes ambulantes super terram quasi servos.

10:7  I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.

10:8  He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

10:8  Qui fodit foveam incidet in eam, et qui dissipat sepem mordebit eum coluber.

10:8  He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

10:9  He that removeth stones, shall be hurt by them: and he that cutteth trees, shall be wounded by them.

10:9  Qui transfert lapides affligetur in eis, et qui scindit ligna vulnerabitur ab eis.

10:9  Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.

10:10  If the iron be blunt, and be not as before, but be made blunt, with much labour it shall be sharpened: and after industry shall follow wisdom.

10:10  Si retusum fuerit ferrum, et hoc non ut prius, sed hebetatum fuerit, multo labore exacuetur, et post industriam sequetur sapientia.

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.

10:11  If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly.

10:11  Si mordeat serpens in silentio, nihil eo minus habet qui occulte detrahit.

10:11  Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

10:12  The words of the mouth of a wise man are grace: but the lips of a fool shall throw him down headlong.

10:12  Verba oris sapientis gratia, et labia insipientis præcipitabunt eum ;

10:12  The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

10:13  The beginning of his words is folly, and the end of his talk is a mischievous error.

10:13  initium verborum ejus stultitia, et novissimum oris illius error pessimus.

10:13  The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

10:14  A fool multiplieth words. A man cannot tell what hath been before him: and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

10:14  Stultus verba multiplicat. Ignorat homo quid ante se fuerit ; et quid post se futurum sit, quis ei poterit indicare ?

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?

10:15  The labour of fools shall afflict them that know not how to go to the city.

10:15  Labor stultorum affliget eos, qui nesciunt in urbem pergere.

10:15  The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

10:16  Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and when the princes eat in the morning.

10:16  Væ tibi, terra, cujus rex puer est, et cujus principes mane comedunt.

10:16  Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

10:17  Blessed is the land, whose king is noble, and whose princes eat in due season for refreshment, and not for riotousness.

10:17  Beata terra cujus rex nobilis est, et cujus principes vescuntur in tempore suo, ad reficiendum, et non ad luxuriam.

10:17  Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

10:18  By slothfulness a building shall be brought down, and through the weakness of hands, the house shall drop through.

10:18  In pigritiis humiliabitur contignatio, et in infirmitate manuum perstillabit domus.

10:18  By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

10:19  For laughter they make bread, and wine that the living may feast: and all things obey money.

10:19  In risum faciunt panem et vinum ut epulentur viventes ; et pecuniæ obediunt omnia.

10:19  A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.

10:20  Detract not the king, no not in thy thought; and speak not evil of the rich man in thy private chamber: because even the birds of the air will carry thy voice, and he that hath wings will tell what thou hast said.

10:20  In cogitatione tua regi ne detrahas, et in secreto cubiculi tui ne maledixeris diviti : quia et aves cæli portabunt vocem tuam, et qui habet pennas annuntiabit sententiam.

10:20  Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.