Ecclesiastes 10:8 “He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be…”

Ecclesiastes 10:8

He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

He who digs a pit may fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

American Standard Version

He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.

Geneva Bible 1599

He that diggeth a pit, shall fal into it, and he that breaketh the hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

Darby Translation

He that diggeth a pit falleth into it; and whoso breaketh down a hedge, a serpent biteth him.

Young's Literal Translation

Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him.

Bible in Basic English

He who makes a hole for others will himself go into it, and for him who makes a hole through a wall the bite of a snake will be a punishment.

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Cross references

“that”

Proverbs 26:27 Esther 7:10 2 Samuel 17:23 Judges 9:5 Judges 9:53–57 2 Samuel 18:15

Proverbs 26:27 · BSB

He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

Esther 7:10 · BSB

So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.

2 Samuel 17:23 · BSB

When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

Judges 9:5 · BSB

He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.

Judges 9:53–57 · BSB

But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.

2 Samuel 18:15 · BSB

And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.

“a serpent”

Amos 5:19 Amos 9:3

Amos 5:19 · BSB

It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

Amos 9:3 · BSB

Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.

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

In context

7I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.

9The one who quarries stones may be injured by them, and he who splits logs endangers himself.

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