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Ecclesiastes 10:9

Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; [and] he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.

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Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; [and] he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.

The one who quarries stones may be injured by them, and he who splits logs endangers himself.

Whoever carves out stones may be injured by them. Whoever splits wood may be endangered thereby.

Whoso heweth out stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.

Whoso is removing stones is grieved by them, Whoso is cleaving trees endangered by them.

6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.

8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

9 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; [and] he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.

10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom [is] profitable to direct.

11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

12 The words of a wise man’s mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

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HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION

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