Ecclesiastes 10:1

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

Bible in Basic English ☆

Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer give out an evil smell; more valued is a little wisdom than the great glory of the foolish.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Pestilent flies will corrupt a preparation of sweet ointment: and a little wisdom is more precious than great glory of folly.

Darby Translation ☆

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to stink [and] ferment; [so] a little folly is weightier than wisdom [and] honour.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Dying flies spoil the sweetness of the ointment. Wisdom and glory is more precious than a small and shortlived folly.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Dead flies cause to stinke, and putrifie the ointment of the apoticarie: so doeth a litle follie him that is in estimation for wisedome, and for glorie.

Noyes Bible ☆

Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer loathsome and corrupt; thus doth a little folly weigh down wisdom and honor.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Dead flies cause the precious oil of the apothecary to become stinking and foaming; so doth a little folly him that is valued for wisdom and honor.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Dead flies make the ointment of the perfumer fetid and putrid; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honour.

King James Version ☆

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Pestilent flies will corrupt a preparation of sweet ointment: and a little wisdom is more precious than great glory of folly.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Pestilent flies will corrupt a preparation of sweet ointment: and a little wisdom is more precious than great glory of folly.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

Webster Bible ☆

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth an offensive odor: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor.

Revised Version ☆

Dead flies cause the ointment of the perfumer to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honour.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Pestilent flies will corrupt a preparation of sweet ointment: And a little wisdom is more precious than great glory of folly.

World English Bible ☆

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odour; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honour.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odour; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honour.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

World Messianic Bible ☆

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odour; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honour.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Dead flies cause a perfumer's perfume To send forth a stink; The precious by reason of wisdom — By reason of honour — a little folly!

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Dead flies cause the perfumerʼs shemen to send forth a foul odor; so doth a little sichlut outweigh chochmah and kavod.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

اَلذُّبَابُ ٱلْمَيِّتُ يُنَتِّنُ وَيُخَمِّرُ طِيبَ ٱلْعَطَّارِ. جَهَالَةٌ قَلِيلَةٌ أَثْقَلُ مِنَ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ وَمِنَ ٱلْكَرَامَةِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

အထုံသမားလုပ်သော နံ့သာဆီကို သေသော ယင်ကောင်သည် နံစေသကဲ့သို့၊ အနည်းငယ်သောအမိုက် သည် ပညာနှင့်ဂုဏ်အသရေထင်ရှားသောသူကို ထိုအတူ ဖြစ်စေတတ်၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

အထုံသမားလုပ် သော နံ့သာ ဆီကို သေ သော ယင်ကောင် သည် နံ စေသကဲ့သို့၊ အနည်းငယ် သောအမိုက် သည် ပညာ နှင့်ဂုဏ် အသရေထင်ရှား သောသူကို ထိုအတူ ဖြစ်စေတတ်၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Kadueh taksae mah hmuihoih tui to hmuisae ah angcoengsak baktih toengah, kamthu khosakhaih mah palunghahaih hoi ahmin kahoih pakoehhaih to amrosak.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Dueknah pilyang loh thungnom situi thaa te a rhim sak bangla vel lunghmangnah vik te cueihnah lakah khaw, thangpomnah lakah khaw nul.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Dueknah pilyang loh thungnom situi thaa te a rhim sak bangla vel lunghmangnah vik te cueihnah lakah khaw, thangpomnah lakah khaw nul.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

死苍蝇使做香的膏油发出臭气； 这样，一点愚昧也能败坏智慧和尊荣。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

死蒼蠅使做香的膏油發出臭氣； 這樣，一點愚昧也能敗壞智慧和尊榮。

World Chinese Bible ☆

死苍蝇使调香人的香膏发出臭气； 一点愚昧也能胜过智慧和尊荣。

Croatian Bible ☆

Uginula muha usmrdi mirisno ulje, a i malo ludosti jače je od mudrosti i časti.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Muchy mrtvé nasmrazují a nakažují mast apatekářskou; tak pro moudrost a slávu vzácného maličko bláznovství zohyžďuje.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Døde Fluer gør Salveblanderens Olie stinkende, lidt Dårskab ødelægger Visdommens Værd.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Een dode vlieg doet de zalf des apothekers stinken en opwellen; alzo een weinig dwaasheid een man, die kostelijk is van wijsheid en van eer.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Dode vliegen verpesten welriekende balsem; Zo verliest de edelste wijsheid door een weinig dwaasheid haar roem.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Venenaj muŝoj putrigas kaj haladzigas la oleon de parfumisto; pli ŝatata ol saĝo kaj honoro ofte estas malgranda malsaĝaĵo.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Les mouches mortes font sentir mauvais, elles font fermenter l’huile du parfumeur ; [ainsi fait] un peu de folie, [à l’égard de] celui qui est estimé pour sa sagesse et sa gloire .

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Les mouches mortes corrompent et font fermenter l'huile du parfumeur; ainsi fait un peu de folie à l'égard de celui qui est estimé pour sa sagesse et pour sa gloire.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Les mouches mortes infectent et font fermenter l’huile du parfumeur; un peu de folie l’emporte sur la sagesse et sur la gloire.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Les mouches mortes donnent une mauvaise odeur à l'huile du parfumeur ; ainsi un peu de folie pèse plus lourd que la sagesse et l'honneur.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Tote Fliegen machen das Öl des Salbenmischers stinkend und gärend: ein wenig Torheit hat mehr Gewicht als Weisheit und Ehre. -

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Schädliche Fliegen verderben gute Salben; also wiegt ein wenig Torheit schwerer denn Weisheit und Ehre.

German Textbibel ☆

Giftige Fliegen machen stinkend, gährend das Öl des Salbenhändlers; gewichtiger als Weisheit, als Ehre ist ein wenig Thorheit.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Giftige Fliegen machen das Öl des Salbenbereiters stinkend und faulend; ein wenig Torheit kommt teurer zu stehen als Weisheit und Ehre!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ΜΥΙΑΙ θανατοῦσαι σαπριοῦσι σκευασίαν ἐλαίου ἡδύσματος· τίμιον ὀλίγον σοφίας ὑπὲρ δόξαν ἀφροσύνης μεγάλην,

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Μυῖαι θανατοῦσαι σαπριοῦσι σκευασίαν ἐλαίου ἡδύσματος· τίμιον ὀλίγον σοφίας ὑπὲρ δόξαν ἀφροσύνης μεγάλην.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Mouch mouri gate tout boutèy odè. Yo fè l' santi. Konsa tou, yon sèl ti betiz ka fè tout gwo konesans ou pase pou anyen. Sa ka fè moun pa respekte ou ankò.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

O NA nalo make, he mea ia e pilau ai ka laau hamo a ka mea hana laau, pela no ka hana uhauha iki ana, ka mea i manaoia he naauao, a he hanohano hoi.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

זְב֣וּבֵי מָ֔וֶת יַבְאִ֥ישׁ יַבִּ֖יעַ שֶׁ֣מֶן רֹוקֵ֑חַ יָקָ֛ר מֵחָכְמָ֥ה מִכָּבֹ֖וד סִכְל֥וּת מְעָֽט׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

זבובי מות יבאיש יביע שמן רוקח יקר מחכמה מכבוד סכלות מעט׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

LE mosche morte fanno putire, e ribollir l'olio odorifero del profumiere; così un poco di stoltizia guasta il pregio della sapienza e della gloria.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Le mosche morte fanno puzzare e imputridire l’olio del profumiere; un po’ di follia guasta il pregio della sapienza e della gloria.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

死んだハエは、香料職人の香油を腐らせ、悪臭を放たせる。 わずかな愚かさも、知恵と誉れにまさって重い。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

죽은 파리가 향기름으로 악취가 나게 하는 것 같이 적은 우매가 지혜와 존귀로 패하게 하느니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Loang misa uh ku in oru sufa nufon soko ke mwe akmusra keng in kolukla fohlo, ouinge ouiya na lalfon srisrik se ku in akkolukyela lalmwetmet na lulap.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

[Muscæ morientes perdunt suavitatem unguenti. Pretiosior est sapientia et gloria, parva et ad tempus stultitia.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

فاسد می‌سازد، و اندک حماقتی از حکمت و عزت سنگینتر است.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Moscas mortas fazem o óleo do perfumista produzir um mau cheiro; assim um pouco de insensatez pesa mais que a sabedoria e a honra.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Assim como as moscas mortas fazem cheirar mal do óleo do perfumador, assim também um pouco de tolice se sobrepõe à sabedoria e honra.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Muștele moarte fac untdelemnul parfumierului să trimită o aromă împuțită; tot așa îi face o mică prostie celui însemnat pentru înțelepciune și onoare.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Муштеле моарте стрикэ ши акреск унтделемнул негусторулуй де унсорь; тот аша, пуцинэ небуние бируе ынцелепчуня ши слава.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Мертвые мухи портят и делают зловонною благовонную масть мироварника: то же делает небольшая глупость уважаемого человека с его мудростью и честью.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Od mrtvih muva usmrdi se i pokvari ulje apotekarsko, tako od malo ludosti cena mudrosti i slavi.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Од мртвих мува усмрди се и поквари уље апотекарско, тако од мало лудости цена мудрости и слави.

Mashi Bible ☆

Enzi zifîre zinashereze enjebe y’amavurha g’amalâshi, isirhe lisungunu linakole kulusha oburhimanya n’olukengwa.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

LAS moscas muertas hacen heder y dar mal olor el perfume del perfumista: así una pequeña locura, al estimado por sabiduría y honra.

Spanish BLL ☆

Las moscas muertas echan a perder el perfume del fabricante; así también, un poco de tontería pesa más que la sabiduría y el honor.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Las moscas muertas hacen que el ungüento del perfumista hieda y se corrompa; así un poco de locura pesa más que la sabiduría y la honra.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Las moscas muertas hacen que el aceite del perfumista emita un mal olor; más valiosa es un poco de sabiduría que la gran gloria de los necios.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Las moscas muertas hacen que hieda el perfume del perfumista. Así una pequeña locura al que es estimado como sabio y honorable.

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOku fakanamukū ʻe he lango kuo mate ʻae meʻa namu lelei ʻae tangata faitoʻo: pea ʻoku pehē ʻae vale siʻi ʻo ha taha ʻoku ongoongoa ʻa ʻene poto mo ʻene angatonu.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Мертві мухи псують запах пахущої мастї у мироварника; таке ж чинить і мала дурнота в поважного чоловіка з його розумом і честю.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Мертві мухи псують запах пахущої мастї у мироварника; таке ж чинить і мала дурнота в поважного чоловіка з його розумом і честю.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Con ruồi chết làm cho thúi dầu thơm của thợ hòa hương; cũng vậy, một chút điên dại làm nhẹ danh một người khôn ngoan sang trọng.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

זְב֣וּבֵי מָ֔וֶת יַבְאִ֥ישׁ יַבִּ֖יעַ שֶׁ֣מֶן רוֹקֵ֑חַ יָקָ֛ר מֵחָכְמָ֥ה מִכָּב֖וֹד סִכְל֥וּת מְעָֽט׃