Ecclesiastes 10:15
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
The toilעֲמַ֥ל
(a·mal)
5999: trouble, labor, toilfrom amal
of a foolהַכְּסִילִ֖ים
(hak·ke·si·lim)
3684: stupid fellow, dullard, foolfrom kasal
[so] weariesתְּיַגְּעֶ֑נּוּ
(te·yag·ge·'en·nu;)
3021: to toil, grow or be wearya prim. root
him that he does not [even] knowיָדַ֖ע
(ya·da)
3045: to knowa prim. root
how to goלָלֶ֥כֶת
(la·le·chet)
1980: to go, come, walka prim. root
to a city.עִֽיר׃
(ir.)
5892b: city, townof uncertain derivation


















KJV Lexicon
The labour
`amal  (aw-mawl')
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
of the foolish
kciyl  (kes-eel')
fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly -- fool(-ish).
wearieth
yaga`  (yaw-gah')
to gasp; hence, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil -- faint, (make to) labour, (be) weary.
every one of them because he knoweth
yada`  (yaw-dah')
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially
not how to go
yalak  (yaw-lak')
to walk; causatively, to carry (in various senses)
to the city
`iyr  (eer)
or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The toil of a fool so wearies him that he does not even know how to go to a city.

King James Bible
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The struggles of fools weary them, for they don't know how to go to the city.

International Standard Version
The work of a fool so wears him out that he can't even find his way to town.

NET Bible
The toil of a stupid fool wears him out, because he does not even know the way to the city.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Fools wear themselves out with hard work, because they don't even know the way to town.

King James 2000 Bible
The labor of the foolish wearies every one of them, because he knows not how to go to the city.
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