Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version At the beginning their words are folly; at the end they are wicked madness— New Living Translation Fools base their thoughts on foolish assumptions, so their conclusions will be wicked madness; English Standard Version The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is evil madness. Berean Standard Bible The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness. King James Bible The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. New King James Version The words of his mouth begin with foolishness, And the end of his talk is raving madness. New American Standard Bible the beginning of his talking is foolishness, and the end of it is evil insanity. NASB 1995 the beginning of his talking is folly and the end of it is wicked madness. NASB 1977 the beginning of his talking is folly, and the end of it is wicked madness. Legacy Standard Bible the beginning of the words of his mouth is simpleminded folly, and the end of what comes from his mouth is evil madness. Amplified Bible the beginning of his talking is foolishness and the end of his talk is wicked madness. Christian Standard Bible The beginning of the words from his mouth is folly, but the end of his speaking is evil madness; Holman Christian Standard Bible The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly, but the end of his speaking is evil madness. American Standard Version The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his mouth is evil shame Brenton Septuagint Translation The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly: and the end of his talk mischievous madness. Contemporary English Version Fools begin with nonsense, and their stupid chatter ends with disaster. Douay-Rheims Bible The beginning of his words is folly, and the end of his talk is a mischievous error. English Revised Version The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. GOD'S WORD® Translation A fool starts out by talking foolishness and ends up saying crazy things that are dangerous. Good News Translation They start out with silly talk and end up with pure madness. International Standard Version He begins his speech with foolishness, and concludes it with evil madness. JPS Tanakh 1917 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; And the end of his talk is grievous madness. Literal Standard Version The beginning of the words of his mouth [is] folly, | And the latter end of his mouth | [Is] mischievous madness. Majority Standard Bible The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness. New American Bible The beginning of their words is folly, and the end of their talk is utter madness; NET Bible At the beginning his words are foolish and at the end his talk is wicked madness, New Revised Standard Version The words of their mouths begin in foolishness, and their talk ends in wicked madness; New Heart English Bible The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. Webster's Bible Translation The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. World English Bible The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. Young's Literal Translation The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly, And the latter end of his mouth Is mischievous madness. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Wisdom and Folly…12The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him. 13The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness. 14Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?… Cross References Ecclesiastes 7:25 I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness. Ecclesiastes 10:14 Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him? Treasury of Scripture The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. beginning Judges 14:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so? 1 Samuel 20:26-33 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean… 1 Samuel 22:7,8,16-18 Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds; … Jump to Previous Beginning Crime End Evil First Folly Foolish Foolishness Grievous Latter Madness Mischievous Mouth Talk Talking Wicked WordsJump to Next Beginning Crime End Evil First Folly Foolish Foolishness Grievous Latter Madness Mischievous Mouth Talk Talking Wicked WordsEcclesiastes 10 1. observations of wisdom and folly7. death in life 9. and the day of judgment in the days of youth, are to be thought on Verse 13. - The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness. A confirmation of the last clause of the preceding verse. The fool speaks according to his nature. "As saith the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked cometh forth wickedness" (1 Samuel 24:13; cutup. Proverbs 15:2; Isaiah 32:6). As soon as he opens his month he utters folly, unwisdom, silliness. But he does not stop there. The end of his talk is mischievous madness. By the time he has finished, he has committed himself to statements that are worse than silly, that are presumptuous, frenzied, indicative of mental and moral depravity. Intemperate language about the secrets of God's providence and the moral government of the world may be intended. Some think that the writer is still alluding to dangerous talk concerning a tyrannical ruler, seditious proposals, secret conspiracies, etc. The text itself does not confirm such notion with any certainty. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The beginningתְּחִלַּ֥ת (tə·ḥil·laṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 8462: A commencement, rel, original of his talk דִּבְרֵי־ (diḇ·rê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause is folly, סִכְל֑וּת (siḵ·lūṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5531: Silliness and the end וְאַחֲרִ֣ית (wə·’a·ḥă·rîṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 319: The last, end, the future, posterity of his speech פִּ֔יהוּ (pî·hū) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to is evil רָעָֽה׃ (rā·‘āh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil madness. הוֹלֵל֖וּת (hō·w·lê·lūṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1948: Madness Links Ecclesiastes 10:13 NIVEcclesiastes 10:13 NLT Ecclesiastes 10:13 ESV Ecclesiastes 10:13 NASB Ecclesiastes 10:13 KJV Ecclesiastes 10:13 BibleApps.com Ecclesiastes 10:13 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 10:13 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 10:13 French Bible Ecclesiastes 10:13 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 10:13 The beginning of the words of his (Ecclesiast. 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