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Ecclesiastes 10

Eccl. 10:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hen that diggeth
chaphar (Hebrew #2658)
properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore
KJV usage: dig, paw, search out, seek.
Pronounce: khaw-far'
Origin: a primitive root
a pit
guwmmats (Hebrew #1475)
a pit
KJV usage: pit.
Pronounce: goom-mawts'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
shall fall
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
into it; and whoso breaketh
parats (Hebrew #6555)
to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)
KJV usage: X abroad, (make a) breach, break (away, down, -er, forth, in, up), burst out, come (spread) abroad, compel, disperse, grow, increase, open, press, scatter, urge.
Pronounce: paw-rats'
Origin: a primitive root
an hedge
gader (Hebrew #1447)
a circumvallation; by implication, an inclosure
KJV usage: fence, hedge, wall.
Pronounce: gaw-dare'
Origin: from 1443
, a serpent
nachash (Hebrew #5175)
a snake (from its hiss)
KJV usage: serpent.
Pronounce: naw-khawsh'
Origin: from 5172
shall bite
nashak (Hebrew #5391)
to strike with a sting (as a serpent); figuratively, to oppress with interest on a loan
KJV usage: bite, lend upon usury.
Pronounce: naw-shak'
Origin: a primitive root
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Psa. 7:15• 15He hath dug a pit, and enlarged it,{HR}And he falleth into the pit which he maketh. (Psa. 7:15)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Judg. 9:5,53‑57• 5And he came to his father's house, to Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy persons upon one stone; but there remained Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal; for he had hid himself.
 53and a woman cast the upper stone of a handmill on Abimelech's head, and crushed his skull.
 54Then he called hastily to the young man that carried his armour, and said to him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that they say not of me, A woman killed him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
 55And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they went every man to his place.
 56And God rendered back the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father in slaying his seventy brethren.
 57And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render back upon their heads; and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal. (Judg. 9:5,53‑57)
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2 Sam. 17:23• 23And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. (2 Sam. 17:23)
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2 Sam. 18:15• 15And ten young men that bore Joab's armour surrounded and smote Absalom, and killed him. (2 Sam. 18:15)
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Esther 7:10• 10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified. (Esther 7:10)
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Psa. 7:15‑16• 15He hath dug a pit, and enlarged it,{HR}And he falleth into the pit which he maketh.
 16His mischief shall return upon his own head,{HR}And upon the crown of his head shall his violence come down. (Psa. 7:15‑16)
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Psa. 9:15‑16• 15The Gentiles have sunk into the pit [which] they made;{HR}In the very net [which] they hid is their foot taken.
 16Jehovah is become known;{HR}He hath executed judgment:{HR}In the work of his own hands the wicked [man] is ensnared.{HR}Higgayon. Selah. (Psa. 9:15‑16)
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Prov. 26:27• 27Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein;{HR}And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him. (Prov. 26:27)
a serpent.
Amos 5:19• 19As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; and went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. (Amos 5:19)
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Amos 9:3• 3and though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and it shall bite them; (Amos 9:3)
• Eccl. 10:8-10. But then, Ecclesiastes continues, is there complete security in the humbler ranks of life? Nay, there is no occupation that has not its accompanying danger. Digging or hedging, quarrying or cleaving wood―all have their peculiar difficulties. Although there, too, wisdom is still evidently better than brute strength. (“Ecclesiastes 10” by F.C. Jennings)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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He that diggeth a pit falleth into it,{HR}And whoso breaketh through a fence,{HR}A serpent biteth him.