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Ecclesiastes 10

Eccl. 10:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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By much slothfulness
`atslah (Hebrew #6103)
(as abstractly) indolence
KJV usage: slothfulness.
Pronounce: ats-law'
Origin: feminine of 6102
the building
mqareh (Hebrew #4746)
properly, something meeting, i.e. a frame (of timbers)
KJV usage: building.
Pronounce: mek-aw-reh'
Origin: from 7136
decayeth
makak (Hebrew #4355)
to tumble (in ruins); figuratively, to perish
KJV usage: be brought low, decay.
Pronounce: maw-kak'
Origin: a primitive root
; and through idleness
shiphluwth (Hebrew #8220)
remissness
KJV usage: idleness.
Pronounce: shif-looth'
Origin: from 8213
of the hands
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
droppeth through
dalaph (Hebrew #1811)
to drip; by implication, to weep
KJV usage: drop through, melt, pour out.
Pronounce: daw-laf'
Origin: a primitive root
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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 12:24• 24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule;{HR}But the slothful [hand] shall be under tribute. (Prov. 12:24)
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Prov. 14:1• 1The wisdom of women buildeth the house;{HR}But folly plucketh it down with her hands. (Prov. 14:1)
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Prov. 20:4• 4The slothful will not plow by reason of the winter:{HR}In harvest shall he beg and have nothing. (Prov. 20:4)
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Prov. 21:25• 25The longing of the sluggard killeth him;{HR}For his hands refuse to work. (Prov. 21:25)
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Prov. 23:21• 21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty,{HR}And drowsiness shall clothe with rags. (Prov. 23:21)
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Prov. 24:30‑31• 30I went by the field of the slothful,{HR}And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
31And, behold, it was all grown over with thorns:{HR}Nettles had covered its face,{HR}And the stone wall thereof was broken down.
(Prov. 24:30‑31)
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Heb. 6:11• 11But we desire earnestly that each of you should show the same diligence unto the full assurance of hope until the end, (Heb. 6:11)
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2 Peter 1:5‑10• 5But for this very thing also, bringing in besides all diligence, in your faith supply virtue, and in virtue knowledge,
6and in knowledge temperance, and in temperance endurance, and in endurance godliness,
7and in godliness brotherly affection, and in brotherly affection love:
8For these things being in you and abounding make [you] not idle nor unfruitful for the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ:
9for he with whom they are not present is blind, shortsighted, having forgotten the cleansing of his old sins.
10Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure; for in doing these things ye shall never stumble.
(2 Peter 1:5‑10)
 For the tendency to decay is everywhere under the sun, and no matter what the sphere―high or low, city or house―constant diligence alone offsets that tendency. (Ecclesiastes 10 by F.C. Jennings)

J. N. Darby Translation

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By much sloth fulnessk the frameworkl falleth in; and through idleness of the hands the house drippeth.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "By double slothfulness." it is the dual.
l
Or "the building."

W. Kelly Translation

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By slothfulness the roof sinketh in;{HR}And through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.