Ecclesiastes 10:8
He that diggeth a pit, thereinto, may fall,—and, he that breaketh through a hedge, there may bite him a serpent.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
In Context
7I had seen, servants, upon horses,—and, rulers, walking like servants, on the ground.
Cross References
Judges 9:53And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon the head of Abimelech,—and brake in pieces his skull.
2 Samuel 18:15Then came round ten young men who bare Joab’s armour,—and smote Absolom, and slew him.
Psalms 7:15A pit, he cut out, and digged it, and then fell into the ditch he had made:
Psalms 9:15The nations, have sunk, in the pit they had made, In the net which they had hidden, is caught their own foot.
Amos 5:19As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and there should meet him—a bear! or he should have entered the house, and leaned his hand upon the wall, and there should bite him—a serpent!
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 →