Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
the beginning of
King James Version
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
Holman Bible
but the end of his speaking is evil madness.
International Standard Version
He begins his speech with foolishness, and concludes it with evil madness.
A Conservative Version
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
American Standard Version
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
Amplified
the beginning of
Bible in Basic English
The first words of his mouth are foolish, and the end of his talk is evil crime.
Darby Translation
The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
Julia Smith Translation
The beginning of the words of his mouth, folly: and the latter state of his mouth the folly of evil.
King James 2000
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is wicked madness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He begins by saying what is foolish and ends by uttering what is wicked delusion.
Modern King James verseion
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is wicked madness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The beginning of his talking is foolishness, and the last word of his mouth is great madness.
NET Bible
At the beginning his words are foolish and at the end his talk is 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.
The Emphasized Bible
The beginning of the words of his mouth, is folly, - but, the latter end of his speech, is mischievous madness.
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly, And the latter end of his mouth Is mischievous madness.
Themes
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Vain talk condemned
Slander » End of, is mischievous madness
Speaking, evil » Vain talk condemned
Speech/communication » The mouth of a fool
Speech/communication » Who is full of words
Interlinear
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 10:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Burden Of Folly
12
The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.
13 the beginning of
Cross References
Judges 14:15
On the fourth day they said to Samson's wife, "Entice your husband to tell us what the riddle is, lest we burn you and your father's house with fire. Have you invited us here to impoverish us?"
1 Samuel 20:26-33
Yet Saul did not say anything that day, for he thought, "Something has happened to him. He is not clean; surely he is not clean."
1 Samuel 22:7-8
And Saul said to his servants who stood about him, "Hear now, people of Benjamin; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds,
1 Samuel 22:16-18
And the king said, "You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father's house."
1 Samuel 25:10-11
And Nabal answered David's servants, "Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants these days who are breaking away from their masters.
2 Samuel 19:41-1
Then all the men of Israel came to the king and said to the king, "Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away and brought the king and his household over the Jordan, and all David's men with him?"
2 Kings 6:27
And he said, "If the LORD will not help you, how shall I help you? From the threshing floor, or from the winepress?"
2 Kings 6:31
and he said, "May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today."
Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.
Matthew 2:7-8
Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared.
Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.
Luke 6:2
But some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?"
Luke 6:11
But they were filled with fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.
Luke 11:38
The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner.
Luke 11:53-54
As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things,
John 12:10
So the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well,
Acts 5:28-33
saying, "We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man's blood upon us."
Acts 6:9-11
Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and disputed with Stephen.
Acts 7:54-59
Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him.
Acts 19:24-28
For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen.