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Ecclesiastes 10:14

WEB

14A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn’t know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?

KJV

14A fool[+] also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

BSB

14Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?

FBV

14Fools talk on and on, however no one knows what's going to happen, so who can say what the future holds?


Extra References

Proverbs 15:2

2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools gush out folly.


Ecclesiastes 8:7

7For he doesn’t know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?


Ecclesiastes 6:12

12For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?


Ecclesiastes 3:22

22Therefore I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his works, for that is his portion; for who can bring him to see what will be after him?


James 4:13-14

13Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.” 14Yet you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.


Ecclesiastes 5:3

3For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.


Proverbs 10:19

19In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.


Job 35:16

16therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge.”


Job 34:37

37For he adds rebellion to his sin. He claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God.”