Ecclesiastes 10:11

WEB

¹¹If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer’s tongue.

KJV

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

BSB

¹¹If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.

FBV

¹¹If the snake bites the snake charmer before it's charmed, there's no benefit to the snake charmer!

Extra References

Psalms 58:4-5

⁴Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear, ⁵which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.

Jeremiah 8:17

¹⁷“For, behold, I will send serpents, adders among you, which will not be charmed; and they will bite you,” says the LORD.

Psalms 52:2

²Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalms 64:3

³who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,

James 3:6

⁶And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

Proverbs 18:21

²¹Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.