Ecclesiastes 10:11
If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
In Context
12Words of the mouth of the wise [are] gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.
Cross References
Psalms 58:4Their poison [is] as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,
Psalms 64:3Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow — a bitter word.
Jeremiah 8:17For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.
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 →