Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.
New American Standard Bible
If the serpent bites
King James Version
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
Holman Bible
then there is no advantage for the charmer.
International Standard Version
If a serpent strikes despite being charmed, there's no point in being a snake charmer.
A Conservative Version
If the serpent bites before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.
American Standard Version
If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.
Amplified
If the serpent bites before being charmed, then there is no profit for the charmer.
Bible in Basic English
If a snake gives a bite before the word of power is said, then there is no longer any use in the word of power.
Darby Translation
If the serpent bite before enchantment, then the charmer hath no advantage.
Julia Smith Translation
If a serpent will bite without magic; and no pre?minence to the possessor of the tongue.
King James 2000
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
Lexham Expanded Bible
If the snake bites before the charming, {the snake charmer will not succeed}.
Modern King James verseion
Surely the snake will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A babbler of his tongue is no better than a serpent that stingeth without hissing.
NET Bible
If the snake should bite before it is charmed, the snake charmer is in trouble.
New Heart English Bible
If the serpent bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer's tongue.
The Emphasized Bible
If a serpent will bite, unless he is charmed, then there is nothing better for him that owneth a tongue.
Webster
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
World English Bible
If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer's tongue.
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Morish
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 10:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Hard Work And Skill Alone Cannot Succeed'Wisdom Is Necessary
10 If the iron hath been blunt, And he the face hath not sharpened, Then doth he increase strength, And wisdom is advantageous to make right. 11 If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue. 12 Words of the mouth of the wise are gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 8:17
For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.
Psalm 58:4-5
Their poison is as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,
Psalm 52:2
Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
Psalm 64:3
Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.
James 3:6
and the tongue is a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.