Ecclesiastes 10:3,12-14
Ecclesiastes 10:3 The Message (MSG)
Fools on the road have no sense of direction. The way they walk tells the story: “There goes the fool again!”
Ecclesiastes 10:12-13-14 The Message (MSG)
The words of a wise person are gracious. The talk of a fool self-destructs— He starts out talking nonsense And ends up spouting insanity and evil. Fools talk way too much, Chattering stuff they know nothing about.
Ecclesiastes 10:3 King James Version (KJV)
Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
Ecclesiastes 10:12-14 King James Version (KJV)
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
Ecclesiastes 10:3 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Even when the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking and he demonstrates to everyone that he is a fool.
Ecclesiastes 10:12-14 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him; the beginning of his talking is folly and the end of it is wicked madness. Yet the fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?
Ecclesiastes 10:3 New Century Version (NCV)
Even in the way fools walk along the road, they show they are not wise; they show everyone how stupid they are.
Ecclesiastes 10:12-14 New Century Version (NCV)
The words of the wise bring them praise, but the words of a fool will destroy them. A fool begins by saying foolish things and ends by saying crazy and wicked things. A fool talks too much. No one knows the future, and no one can tell what will happen after death.
Ecclesiastes 10:3 American Standard Version (ASV)
Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
Ecclesiastes 10:12-14 American Standard Version (ASV)
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
Ecclesiastes 10:3 New International Version (NIV)
Even as fools walk along the road, they lack sense and show everyone how stupid they are.
Ecclesiastes 10:12-14 New International Version (NIV)
Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious, but fools are consumed by their own lips. At the beginning their words are folly; at the end they are wicked madness— and fools multiply words.
Ecclesiastes 10:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
Even when a fool walks along the way, He lacks wisdom, And he shows everyone that he is a fool.
Ecclesiastes 10:12-14 New King James Version (NKJV)
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, But the lips of a fool shall swallow him up; The words of his mouth begin with foolishness, And the end of his talk is raving madness. A fool also multiplies words. No man knows what is to be; Who can tell him what will be after him?
Ecclesiastes 10:3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Even when a fool walks along the road, his [common] sense and good judgment fail him and he demonstrates to everyone that he is a fool.
Ecclesiastes 10:12-14 Amplified Bible (AMP)
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious and win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him; the beginning of his talking is foolishness and the end of his talk is wicked madness. Yet the fool multiplies words, though no man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after he is gone?
Ecclesiastes 10:3 New Living Translation (NLT)
You can identify fools just by the way they walk down the street!
Ecclesiastes 10:12-14 New Living Translation (NLT)
Wise words bring approval, but fools are destroyed by their own words. Fools base their thoughts on foolish assumptions, so their conclusions will be wicked madness; they chatter on and on.
Ecclesiastes 10:3 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.
Ecclesiastes 10:12-14 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
The words of a wise man’s mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is evil madness. A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him what will be after him?