Ecclesiastes 10:15

The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

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Interpretation

There is a practice in the East, of charming serpents by music. The babbler's tongue is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison; and contradiction only makes it the more violent.

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This thought runs through Ecclesiastes 10:12-15.

Ecclesiastes 10:12 Ecclesiastes 10:13 Ecclesiastes 10:14 Ecclesiastes 10:15

Glossary

City People: The earliest mention of city-building is that of Enoch, which was built by Cain ( Gen. 4:17 ). After the confusion of tongues, the descendants of Nimrod founded several cities (10:10-12).