Ecclesiastes 10:11
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If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly.

the serpent

Psalm 58:4,5 Their madness is according to the likeness of a serpent: like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ears: . . .

Jeremiah 8:17 For behold I will send among you serpents, basilisks, against which there is no charm: and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.

babbler

Psalm 52:2 All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit.

Psalm 64:3 For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,

Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: they that love it, shall eat the fruits thereof.

James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body and inflameth the wheel of our nativity, being set on fire by hell.

Context
Wisdom and Folly
10If the iron be blunt, and be not as before, but be made blunt, with much labour it shall be sharpened: and after industry shall follow wisdom. 11If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly.12The words of the mouth of a wise man are grace: but the lips of a fool shall throw him down headlong.…
Cross References
James 3:8
But the tongue no man can tame, an unquiet evil, full of deadly poison.

Psalm 58:4
Their madness is according to the likeness of a serpent: like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ears:

Psalm 58:5
Which will not hear the voice of the charmers; nor of the wizard that charmeth wisely.

Ecclesiastes 10:10
If the iron be blunt, and be not as before, but be made blunt, with much labour it shall be sharpened: and after industry shall follow wisdom.

Jeremiah 8:17
For behold I will send among you serpents, basilisks, against which there is no charm: and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.

Lexicon
If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

the snake
הַנָּחָ֖שׁ (han·nā·ḥāš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5175: A serpent

bites
יִשֹּׁ֥ךְ (yiš·šōḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5391: To strike with a, sting, to oppress with usury

before
בְּלוֹא־ (bə·lō·w-)
Preposition-b | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

it is charmed,
לָ֑חַשׁ (lā·ḥaš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3908: A whisper, a private prayer, an incantation, an amulet

there is no
וְאֵ֣ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

profit
יִתְר֔וֹן (yiṯ·rō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3504: Preeminence, gain

for the charmer.
לְבַ֖עַל (lə·ḇa·‘al)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1167: A master, a husband, owner


Additional Translations
If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.

If a serpent bite when there is no charmer's whisper, then there is no advantage to the charmer.

If the serpent bite before enchantment, then the charmer hath no advantage.

If the serpent bite before it be charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.

Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer's tongue.

If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.
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