Ecclesiastes 10:15 “The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the ci…”

Ecclesiastes 10:15

The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The labour 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.

American Standard Version

The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.

Geneva Bible 1599

The labour of the foolish doeth wearie him: for he knoweth not to goe into the citie.

Darby Translation

The labour of fools wearieth them, because they know not how to go to the city.

Young's Literal Translation

The labour of the foolish wearieth him, In that he hath not known to go unto the 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.

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Cross references

“labour”

Isaiah 57:1 Ecclesiastes 10:3 Ecclesiastes 10:10 Isaiah 44:12–17 Isaiah 55:2 Habakkuk 2:6

Isaiah 57:1 · BSB

The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous are taken away from the presence of evil.

Ecclesiastes 10:3 · BSB

Even as the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking, and he shows everyone that he is a fool.

Ecclesiastes 10:10 · BSB

If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.

Isaiah 44:12–17 · BSB

The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.

Isaiah 55:2 · BSB

Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.

Habakkuk 2:6 · BSB

Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’

“because”

Psalm 107:4 Psalm 107:7 Isaiah 35:8–10 Jeremiah 50:4 Jeremiah 50:5

Psalm 107:4 · BSB

Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.

Psalm 107:7 · BSB

He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.

Isaiah 35:8–10 · BSB

And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.

Jeremiah 50:4 · BSB

“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.

Jeremiah 50:5 · BSB

They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

16Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.

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