82Or, to stink and putrefy;
83Or, him that is valued for wisdom and honor.
10: 2 A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.
10: 3 Yes also, when the fool walketh by the way, his 84understanding faileth him, and he saith 85to every one that he is a fool.
84Hb. heart
85Or, of
10: 4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for 86gentleness allayeth great offences.
86Or, calmness leaveth great sins undone.
10: 5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
10: 6 folly is set in great 87dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.
87Hb. heights,
10: 7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking like servants upon the earth.
10: 8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall a serpent shall bite him.
10: 9 Whoso 88heweth out stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.
88Or, moveth stones shall be hurt therewith;
10: 10 If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he use more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
10: 11 89If the serpent bite 90before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.
89Or, Surely the serpent will bite where there is no enchantment; and the slanderer is no better.
90Hb. without enchantment,
10: 12 The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
10: 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
10: 14 A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
10: 15 The labor of fools wearierth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.
10: 16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a 91child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
91Or, servant,
10: 17 Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is 92the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
92Or, a free man,
10: 18 By slothfulness the 93roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.
93Or, rafters sink;
10: 19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; 94and money answereth all things.
94Lamsa says, money brings one low and causes him to go astray in all things.
10: 20 95Revile not the king, no, not in thy thought; and revile not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the heavens shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
95Or, Curse not… curse not
