Ecclesiastes 10:1
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Apothecary Bad Cause Dead Evil Flies Folly Foolishness Forth Glory Great Honor Honour Little Odor Offensive Oil Ointment Outweigh Outweighs Perfume Perfumer Precious Putrid Reason Reputation Savour Stink Valued Weightier Wisdom
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Apothecary Bad Cause Dead Evil Flies Folly Foolishness Forth Glory Great Honor Honour Little Odor Offensive Oil Ointment Outweigh Outweighs Perfume Perfumer Precious Putrid Reason Reputation Savour Stink Valued Weightier Wisdom
Parallel Verses
English Standard Version
Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

New American Standard Bible
Dead flies make a perfumer's oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor.

King James Bible
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Dead flies make a perfumer's oil ferment and stink; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

International Standard Version
As dead flies cause the perfumer's ointment to stink, so also does a little foolishness to one's reputation of wisdom and honor.

NET Bible
One dead fly makes the perfumer's ointment give off a rancid stench, so a little folly can outweigh much wisdom.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Dead flies will make a bottle of perfume stink, and then it is spoiled. A little foolishness outweighs wisdom [and] honor.

King James 2000 Bible
Dead flies cause the ointment of the perfumer to send forth a foul odor: so does a little folly to him that is respected for wisdom and honor.

American King James Version
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking smell: so does a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor.

American Standard Version
Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor;'so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Dying flies spoil the sweetness of the ointment. Wisdom and glory is more precious than a small and shortlived folly.

Darby Bible Translation
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to stink and ferment; so a little folly is weightier than wisdom and honour.

English Revised Version
Dead flies cause the ointment of the perfumer to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honour.

Webster's Bible Translation
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth an offensive odor: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor.

World English Bible
Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

Young's Literal Translation
Dead flies cause a perfumer's perfume To send forth a stink; The precious by reason of wisdom -- By reason of honour -- a little folly!
Lexicon
Dead
maveth  (maw'-veth)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin -- (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).
flies
zbuwb  (zeb-oob')
a fly (especially one of a stinging nature) -- fly.
cause the ointment
shemen  (sheh'-men)
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness -- anointing, fat (things), fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, + pine.
of the apothecary
raqach  (raw-kakh')
to perfume -- apothecary, compound, make (ointment), prepare, spice.
to send forth
naba`  (naw-bah')
to gush forth; figuratively, to utter (good or bad words); specifically, to emit (a foul odor) -- belch out, flowing, pour out, send forth, utter (abundantly).
a stinking savour
ba'ash  (baw-ash')
to smell bad; figuratively, to be offensive morally -- (make to) be abhorred (had in abomination, loathsome, odious), (cause a, make to) stink(-ing savour), utterly.
so doth a little
m`at  (meh-at')
a little or few (often adverbial or compar.) -- almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, very.
folly
cikluwth  (sik-looth')
silliness -- folly, foolishness.
him that is in reputation
yaqar  (yaw-kawr')
valuable (obj. or subj.) -- brightness, clear, costly, excellent, fat, honourable women, precious, reputation.
for wisdom
chokmah  (khok-maw')
wisdom (in a good sense) -- skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
and honour
kabowd  (kaw-bode')
weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness -- glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).
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