Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
The labor of fools wearies every one of them, for he knows not how to go to the city.
New American Standard Bible
The toil of
King James Version
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
Holman Bible
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.
American Standard Version
The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.
Amplified
The labor of a fool so wearies him [because he is ignorant] that he does not even know how to go to a city.
Bible in Basic English
The work of the foolish will be a weariness to him, because he has no knowledge of the way to the town.
Darby Translation
The labour of fools wearieth them, because they know not how to go to the city.
Julia Smith Translation
The labor of the foolish will weary them, because he knew not to go to the city.
King James 2000
The labor of the foolish wearies every one of them, because he knows not how to go to the city.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The fool is so worn out by a hard day's work {he cannot even find his way home at night}.
Modern King James verseion
The labor of fools wearies him, because he does not know how to go to the city.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The labour of the foolish is grievous unto them, while they know not how to go in to the city.
NET Bible
The toil of a stupid fool wears him out, because he does not even know the way to the city.
New Heart English Bible
The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn't know how to go to the city.
The Emphasized Bible
The toil of dullards, shall weary a man, that he knoweth not how to go into the city.
Webster
The labor of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
World English Bible
The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn't know how to go to the city.
Youngs Literal Translation
The labour of the foolish wearieth him, In that he hath not known to go unto the city.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 10:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Burden Of Folly
14 A fool also multiplies words; [yet] man knows not what shall be, and that which shall be after him, who can tell him? 15 The labor of fools wearies every one of them, for he knows not how to go to the city. 16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy rulers feast in the morning!
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Cross References
Psalm 107:4
They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city of habitation.
Psalm 107:7
He also led them by a straight way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
Ecclesiastes 10:3
Yea also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone [that] he is a fool.
Ecclesiastes 10:10
If the iron be blunt, and he does not whet the edge, then he must increase strength. But wisdom is advantageous to make right.
Isaiah 35:8-10
And a highway shall be there, and a way. And it shall be called The way of holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but is shall be for [the redeemed], the wayfaring men. Yea fools shall not err [in it].
Isaiah 44:12-17
The smith [makes] an axe, and works in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm. Yea, he is hungry, and his strength fails. He drinks no water, and is faint.
Isaiah 47:12-13
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, in which thou have labored from thy youth, if so be thou shall be able to profit, if so be thou may prevail.
Isaiah 55:2
Why do ye spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Hearken diligently to me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Isaiah 57:1
The righteous man perishes, and no man lays it to heart. And merciful men are taken away; none considering that the righteous man is taken away from the evil [to come].
Jeremiah 50:4-5
In those days, and in that time, says LORD, the sons of Israel shall come, they and the sons of Judah together. They shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek LORD their God.
Habakkuk 2:6
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him who increases that which is not his (how long?) and who loads himself with pledges!
Matthew 11:28-30
Come to me, all ye who labor and have been burdened, and I will give you rest.