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Ecclesiastes 10:14
Fools talk way too much, Chattering stuff they know nothing about.
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Christian Standard Bible®
yet the fool multiplies words.No one knows what will happen,and who can tell anyone what will happen after him?
yet the fool multiplies words.No one knows what will happen,and who can tell anyone what will happen after him?
Hebrew Names Version
A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn't know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?
A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn't know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?
King James Version
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
English Standard Version
A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him what will be after him?
A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him what will be after him?
New American Standard Bible
Yet the fool multiplies words. No person knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?
Yet the fool multiplies words. No person knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?
New Century Version
A fool talks too much. No one knows the future, and no one can tell what will happen after death.
A fool talks too much. No one knows the future, and no one can tell what will happen after death.
Amplified Bible
Yet the fool multiplies words, though no man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after he is gone?
Yet the fool multiplies words, though no man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after he is gone?
World English Bible
A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn't know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?
A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn't know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?
Geneva Bible (1587)
For the foole multiplieth woordes, saying, Man knoweth not what shall be: and who can tell him what shall be after him?
For the foole multiplieth woordes, saying, Man knoweth not what shall be: and who can tell him what shall be after him?
Legacy Standard Bible
Yet the simpleminded fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?
Yet the simpleminded fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?
Berean Standard Bible
Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?
Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?
Contemporary English Version
They never tire of talking, but none of us really know what the future will bring.
They never tire of talking, but none of us really know what the future will bring.
Complete Jewish Bible
A fool keeps talking and talking, yet no one knows what the future will bring — can anyone tell a person what will happen after he's gone?
A fool keeps talking and talking, yet no one knows what the future will bring — can anyone tell a person what will happen after he's gone?
Darby Translation
And the fool multiplieth words: [yet] man knoweth not what shall be; and what shall be after him, who will tell him?
And the fool multiplieth words: [yet] man knoweth not what shall be; and what shall be after him, who will tell him?
Easy-to-Read Version
Fools are always talking about what they will do, but you never know what will happen. People cannot tell what will happen in the future.
Fools are always talking about what they will do, but you never know what will happen. People cannot tell what will happen in the future.
George Lamsa Translation
A fool multiplies words; a man cannot tell what has been; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
A fool multiplies words; a man cannot tell what has been; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
Good News Translation
A fool talks on and on. No one knows what is going to happen next, and no one can tell us what will happen after we die.
A fool talks on and on. No one knows what is going to happen next, and no one can tell us what will happen after we die.
Lexham English Bible
The fool talks too much, for no one knows what will be. Who can tell anyone what will happen in the future?
The fool talks too much, for no one knows what will be. Who can tell anyone what will happen in the future?
Literal Translation
Yet the stupid one makes many words; a man knows not what they shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
Yet the stupid one makes many words; a man knows not what they shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
A foole is so full of wordes, that a man can not tell what ende he wyll make: who wyl then warne him to make a conclucion?
A foole is so full of wordes, that a man can not tell what ende he wyll make: who wyl then warne him to make a conclucion?
American Standard Version
A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
Bible in Basic English
The foolish are full of words; man has no knowledge of what will be; and who is able to say what will be after him?
The foolish are full of words; man has no knowledge of what will be; and who is able to say what will be after him?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
A fool also multiplieth words; yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
A fool also multiplieth words; yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
King James Version (1611)
A foole also is full of words; a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall bee after him who can tell him?
A foole also is full of words; a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall bee after him who can tell him?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
A foole is full of wordes, and a man can not tell what shall come to passe: who wyll then warne hym of it that shall folowe after hym?
A foole is full of wordes, and a man can not tell what shall come to passe: who wyll then warne hym of it that shall folowe after hym?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
A fool moreover multiplies words: man knows not what has been, nor what will be: who shall tell him what will come after him?
A fool moreover multiplies words: man knows not what has been, nor what will be: who shall tell him what will come after him?
English Revised Version
A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A fool multiplieth wordis; a man noot, what was bifore hym, and who mai schewe to hym that, that schal come aftir hym?
A fool multiplieth wordis; a man noot, what was bifore hym, and who mai schewe to hym that, that schal come aftir hym?
Update Bible Version
A fool also multiplies words: [yet] man doesn't know what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
A fool also multiplies words: [yet] man doesn't know what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
Webster's Bible Translation
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
New English Translation
yet a fool keeps on babbling. No one knows what will happen; who can tell him what will happen in the future?
yet a fool keeps on babbling. No one knows what will happen; who can tell him what will happen in the future?
New King James Version
A fool also multiplies words. No man knows what is to be; Who can tell him what will be after him?
A fool also multiplies words. No man knows what is to be; Who can tell him what will be after him?
New Living Translation
they chatter on and on. No one really knows what is going to happen; no one can predict the future.
they chatter on and on. No one really knows what is going to happen; no one can predict the future.
New Life Bible
Yet the fool speaks many words. No man knows what will happen. And who can tell him what will come after him?
Yet the fool speaks many words. No man knows what will happen. And who can tell him what will come after him?
New Revised Standard
yet fools talk on and on. No one knows what is to happen, and who can tell anyone what the future holds?
yet fools talk on and on. No one knows what is to happen, and who can tell anyone what the future holds?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yet, a foolish man, multiplieth words, - though no man knoweth that which hath been, and, that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
Yet, a foolish man, multiplieth words, - though no man knoweth that which hath been, and, that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
Douay-Rheims Bible
A fool multiplieth words. A man cannot tell what hath been before him: and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
A fool multiplieth words. A man cannot tell what hath been before him: and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
Revised Standard Version
A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him what will be after him?
A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him what will be after him?
Young's Literal Translation
And the fool multiplieth words: `Man knoweth not that which is, And that which is after him, who doth declare to him?'
And the fool multiplieth words: `Man knoweth not that which is, And that which is after him, who doth declare to him?'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Yet the fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?
Yet the fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?
Contextual Overview
12The words of a wise person are gracious. The talk of a fool self-destructs— He starts out talking nonsense And ends up spouting insanity and evil. 14 Fools talk way too much, Chattering stuff they know nothing about. 15 A decent day's work so fatigues fools That they can't find their way back to town.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
fool: Ecclesiastes 5:3, Proverbs 10:19, Proverbs 15:2
is full of words: Heb. multiplieth words, Job 34:37, Job 35:16
a man: Ecclesiastes 3:22, Ecclesiastes 6:12, Ecclesiastes 8:7, James 4:13, James 4:14
Reciprocal: Job 16:4 - up words Proverbs 17:28 - General Ecclesiastes 10:2 - but Ezekiel 35:13 - have multiplied
Cross-References
Isaiah 11:11
Also on that day, the Master for the second time will reach out to bring back what's left of his scattered people. He'll bring them back from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Ethiopia, Elam, Sinar, Hamath, and the ocean islands.
Also on that day, the Master for the second time will reach out to bring back what's left of his scattered people. He'll bring them back from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Ethiopia, Elam, Sinar, Hamath, and the ocean islands.
Jeremiah 44:1
The Message that Jeremiah received for all the Judeans who lived in the land of Egypt, who had their homes in Migdol, Tahpanhes, Noph, and the land of Pathros: "This is what God -of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘You saw with your own eyes the terrible doom that I brought down on Jerusalem and the Judean cities. Look at what's left: ghost towns of rubble and smoking ruins, and all because they took up with evil ways, making me angry by going off to offer sacrifices and worship the latest in gods—no-gods that neither they nor you nor your ancestors knew the first thing about. Morning after morning and long into the night I kept after you, sending you all those prophets, my servants, begging you, "Please, please—don't do this, don't fool around in this loathsome gutter of gods that I hate with a passion." But do you think anyone paid the least bit of attention or repented of evil or quit offering sacrifices to the no-gods? Not one. So I let loose with my anger, a firestorm of wrath in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, and left them in ruins and wasted. And they're still in ruins and wasted.'
The Message that Jeremiah received for all the Judeans who lived in the land of Egypt, who had their homes in Migdol, Tahpanhes, Noph, and the land of Pathros: "This is what God -of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘You saw with your own eyes the terrible doom that I brought down on Jerusalem and the Judean cities. Look at what's left: ghost towns of rubble and smoking ruins, and all because they took up with evil ways, making me angry by going off to offer sacrifices and worship the latest in gods—no-gods that neither they nor you nor your ancestors knew the first thing about. Morning after morning and long into the night I kept after you, sending you all those prophets, my servants, begging you, "Please, please—don't do this, don't fool around in this loathsome gutter of gods that I hate with a passion." But do you think anyone paid the least bit of attention or repented of evil or quit offering sacrifices to the no-gods? Not one. So I let loose with my anger, a firestorm of wrath in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, and left them in ruins and wasted. And they're still in ruins and wasted.'
Amos 9:7
"Do you Israelites think you're any better than the far-off Cushites?" God 's Decree. "Am I not involved with all nations? Didn't I bring Israel up from Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, the Arameans from Qir? But you can be sure that I, God , the Master, have my eye on the Kingdom of Sin. I'm going to wipe it off the face of the earth. Still, I won't totally destroy the family of Jacob." God 's Decree.
"Do you Israelites think you're any better than the far-off Cushites?" God 's Decree. "Am I not involved with all nations? Didn't I bring Israel up from Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, the Arameans from Qir? But you can be sure that I, God , the Master, have my eye on the Kingdom of Sin. I'm going to wipe it off the face of the earth. Still, I won't totally destroy the family of Jacob." God 's Decree.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A fool also is full of words,.... Or, "multiplies words" y. Is very talkative, says the same thing over and over again; uses an abundance of waste words, that have no meaning in them; utters every thing that comes uppermost, without any order or judgment; affects to talk on every subject, whether he knows anything of it or not; and will engross all the conversation to himself, though of all in company the most unfit for it;
a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him who can tell him? what the fool is talking of; what is the drift of his discourse; or where it will end, and what he will bring it to, it is so noisy, confused, and incoherent: or no man can tell future things, or what will come to pass; nor can any man inform another of future events; and yet a fool boasts and brags of what he shall do, and what he shall have, as if he was master of the future, and knew for certain what would come to pass, which the wisest of men do not.
y ירבה "multiplicabit", Pagninus, Montanus; "multiplicat", Vatablus, Mercerus, Drusius, Amama, Gejerus, Rambachius, Cocceius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Full of words - Confident talking of the future is indicated rather than mere loquacity. Compare James 4:13.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 14. A man cannot tell what shall be — A foolish babbling man will talk on every subject, though he can say as little on the past, as he can on the future.
