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Ecclesiastes 10:14
New English Translation
Ecclesiastes 10:14
New English Translation
14 yet a fool keeps on babbling.[a]
No one knows what will happen;
who can tell him what will happen in the future?[b]
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 10:14 tn Heb “and the fool multiplies words.” This line is best taken as the third line of a tricola encompassing 10:13-14a (NASB, NRSV, NJPS, Moffatt) rather than the first line of a tricola encompassing 10:14 (KJV, NEB, RSV, NAB, ASV, NIV). Several versions capture the sense of this line well: “a fool prates on and on” (Moffatt) and “Yet the fool talks and talks!” (NJPS).
- Ecclesiastes 10:14 tn Heb “after him”; or “after he [dies].”
Ecclesiastes 10:14
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 10:14
New International Version
14 and fools multiply words.(A)
No one knows what is coming—
who can tell someone else what will happen after them?(B)
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