Ecclesiastes 10:11
If a serpent bite when there is no charmer's whisper, then there is no advantage to the charmer.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
In Context
12The words of a wise mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.
Cross References
Psalms 58:4Without iniquity I ran and directed my course aright: awake to help me, and behold. 1
Psalms 64:3The words of transgressors have overpowered us; but do you pardon our sins. 1
Jeremiah 8:17For, behold, I send forth against you deadly serpents, which can’t be charmed, and they shall bite you
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 10:5-12
Mutual Duties of Princes and Subjects. 4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences. 5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: 6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. 7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. 8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him. 9 Whoso removeth stones… Read the whole commentary →