Ecclesiastes 10:14
And the fool multiplieth words: 'Man knoweth not that which is, And that which is after him, who doth declare to him?'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
15The labour of the foolish wearieth him, In that he hath not known to go unto the city.
Cross References
Job 34:37For he doth add to his sin, Transgression among us he vomiteth, And multiplieth his sayings to God.
Proverbs 10:19In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips [is] wise.
Ecclesiastes 3:22And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it [is] his portion; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is after him?
Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knoweth what [is] good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?
Ezekiel 35:13And ye magnify yourselves against Me with your mouth, And have made abundant against Me your words, I — I have heard.
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 →