Ecclesiastes 10:15
The labour of the foolish doeth wearie him: for he knoweth not to goe into the citie.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
In Context
16Woe to thee, O lande, when thy King is a childe, and thy princes eate in the morning.
Cross References
Psalms 107:4When they wandered in the desert and wildernesse out of the waie, and founde no citie to dwell in,
Ecclesiastes 10:3And also when the foole goeth by the way, his heart faileth, and he telleth vnto all that he is a foole.
Isaiah 35:8And there shalbe a path and a way, and the way shalbe called holy: the polluted shall not passe by it: for he shalbe with them, and walke in the way, and the fooles shall not erre.
Isaiah 47:12Stand now among thine inchanters, and in the multitude of thy southsaiers (with whome thou hast wearied thy selfe from thy youth) if so be thou maist haue profit, or if so be thou maist haue strength.
Isaiah 57:1The righteous perisheth, and no man considereth it in heart: and mercifull men are taken away, and no man vnderstandeth that the righteous is taken away from the euill to come.
Habakkuk 2:6Shall not all these take vp a parable against him, and a tanting prouerbe against him, and say, Ho, he that increaseth that which is not his? howe long? and hee that ladeth himselfe with thicke clay?
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 10:13-16
The Contemptibleness of Folly. 12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. 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? 15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city. Solomon, having shown the benefit of wisdom, and of what great… Read the whole commentary →