Ecclesiastes 10:8

Ecclesiastes chapter 10 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

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

v.8This passage

v.9Whoso heweth out stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Amos 5:19

    As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

  • Esther 7:10

    So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.

  • 2 Samuel 18:15

    And ten young men that bare Joab’s armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

  • Psalms 9:15

    The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

  • Judges 9:53

    And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and brake his skull.

  • Proverbs 26:27

    Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.