Ecclesiastes 10:10

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.

Bible in Basic English ☆

If the iron has no edge, and he does not make it sharp, then he has to put out more strength; but wisdom makes things go well.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

If the axe-head should fall off, then the man troubles his countenance, and he must put forth more strength: and in that case skill is of no advantage to a man.

Darby Translation ☆

If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he apply more strength; but wisdom is profitable to give success.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

If the iron be blunt, and be not as before, but be made blunt, with much labour it shall be sharpened: and after industry shall follow wisdom.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

If the yron be blunt, and one hath not whet the edge, he must then put to more strength: but the excellencie to direct a thing is wisedome.

Noyes Bible ☆

If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put forth more strength; but an advantage for giving success hath wisdom.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

If the iron be blunt, and man do not whet the edge, then must he exert more strength; but the advantage of making it properly sharp is wisdom.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength; but wisdom is profitable to direct.

King James Version ☆

If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

If the axe-head should fall off, then the man troubles his countenance, and he must put forth more strength: and in that case skill is of no advantage to a man.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

If the axe-head should fall off, then the man troubles his countenance, and he must put forth more strength: and in that case skill is of no advantage to a man.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.

Webster Bible ☆

If the iron is blunt, and he doth not whet the edge, then must he use more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

Revised Version ☆

If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

If the axe-head should fall off, Then the man troubles his countenance, And he must put forth more strength: And in that case skill is of no advantage to a man.

World English Bible ☆

If the ax is blunt, and one doesn’t sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

If the ax is blunt, and one doesn’t sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

If the axe is blunt, and one doesn’t sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

If the axe is blunt, and one doesn’t sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.

World English Bible Classic ☆

If the ax is blunt, and one doesn’t sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.

World English Bible Updated ☆

If the ax is blunt, and one doesn’t sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.

World Messianic Bible ☆

If the ax is blunt, and one doesn’t sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

If the axe is blunt, and one doesn’t sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

If the iron hath been blunt, And he the face hath not sharpened, Then doth he increase strength, And wisdom [is] advantageous to make right.

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

If the barzel (iron) be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must more strength be marshalled; but chochmah brings success.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

إِنْ كَلَّ ٱلْحَدِيدُ وَلَمْ يُسَنِّنْ هُوَ حَدَّهُ، فَلْيَزِدِ ٱلْقُوَّةَ. أَمَّا ٱلْحِكْمَةُ فَنَافِعَةٌ لِلْإِنْجَاحِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ပုဆိန်တုံးသောအခါ မသွေးဘဲနေလျှင်သာ၍ အားထုတ်ရမည်။ ပညာသည် အမှုဆောင်ရသောအခွင့် ကို ပေး၍ ကျေးဇူးကြီး၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ပုဆိန် တုံး သောအခါ မ သွေး ဘဲနေလျှင် သာ၍အားထုတ် ရမည်။ ပညာ သည် အမှုဆောင် ရသောအခွင့် ကိုပေး ၍ ကျေးဇူး ကြီး၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Caka to kanoe ah taak ai nahaeloe, tha ueng han angaih; toe palunghahaih mah atho ohhaih loklam to hnuksak.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Thi te duu tih a ha te a haat pawt atah thadueng khaw vak. Tedae rhoeikhangnah tah cueihnah long ni a khui sak.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Thi te duu tih a ha te a haat pawt atah thadueng khaw vak. Tedae rhoeikhangnah tah cueihnah long ni a khui sak.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

铁器钝了，若不将刃磨快，就必多费气力； 但得智慧指教，便有益处。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

鐵器鈍了，若不將刃磨快，就必多費氣力； 但得智慧指教，便有益處。

World Chinese Bible ☆

斧头若钝了，人不磨利斧刃，就必须多用力气；但技巧能带来成功。

Croatian Bible ☆

Kad zatupi željezo i oštrica mu nije nabrušena, tada treba više snage; a nagrada mudrosti je uspjeh.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Jestliže se ztupí železo, a nenabrousí-li ostří jeho, tedy síly přičiniti musí; ale mnohem lépe může to spraviti moudrost.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Når Øksen er sløv og dens Æg ej hvæsses, må Kraft lægges i; men den dygtiges Fortrin er Visdom.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Indien hij het ijzer heeft stomp gemaakt, en hij slijpt de snede niet, dan moet hij meerder kracht te werk stellen; maar de wijsheid is een uitnemende zaak, om iets recht te maken.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Is het ijzer stomp geworden, En slijpt men de snede niet, Dan moet men zijn krachten verdubbelen; Zo biedt de wijsheid een voordeel.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Se malakriĝis la hakilo, kaj oni ne akrigas la tranĉan flankon, oni devas streĉi la fortojn; kaj la ĉefaĵo estas prepari ĉion saĝe.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Si le fer est émoussé, et que [celui qui l’emploie] n’en aiguise pas le tranchant, il aura des efforts à faire ; mais la sagesse est profitable pour amener le succès.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Si le fer est émoussé, et qu'il n'en ait pas aiguisé le tranchant, il devra redoubler d'efforts; mais la sagesse a l'avantage de donner de l'adresse.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

S’il a émoussé le fer, et s’il n’en a pas aiguisé le tranchant, il devra redoubler de force; mais la sagesse a l’avantage du succès.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Si la hache est émoussée et que son tranchant n'est pas aiguisé, il faut redoubler de force ; mais l'habileté assure le succès.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Wenn das Eisen stumpf geworden ist, und er hat die Schneide nicht geschliffen, so muß er seine Kräfte mehr anstrengen; aber die Weisheit ist vorteilhaft, um etwas in Stand zu setzen. -

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Wenn ein Eisen stumpf wird und an der Schneide ungeschliffen bleibt, muß man's mit Macht wieder schärfen; also folgt auch Weisheit dem Fleiß.

German Textbibel ☆

Wenn das Eisen stumpf geworden ist, und er die Vorderseite nicht geschärft hat, so muß er die Kräfte anstrengen; aber der Vorteil der Zurechtmachung ist eine Frucht der Weisheit.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Wenn ein Eisen stumpf ist und ungeschliffen bleibt, so muß man um so mehr Kraft anwenden; aber durch Weisheit kommt man zum Gelingen.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ἐὰν ἐκπέσῃ τὸ σιδήριον, καὶ αὐτὸς πρόσωπον ἐτάραξε, καὶ δυνάμεις δυναμώσει, καὶ περισσεία τοῦ ἀνδρείου σοφία.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ἐὰν ἐκπέσῃ τὸ σιδήριον, καὶ αὐτὸς πρόσωπον ἐτάραξε· καὶ δυνάμεις δυναμώσει, καὶ περίσσεια τῷ ἀνδρὶ οὐ σοφία.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Si dan rach ou pa koupe, si ou pa file l', ou gen pou travay pi rèd lè w'ap sèvi avè l'. Men bon konprann ap fè ou reyisi nan sa w'ap fè.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Ina kumumu ka hao, aole hoi ia e hookala i kona maka, alaila pono ke hoonui i ka ikaika; aka, he pono ka naauao i mea e hoopomaikai ai.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

אִם־קֵהָ֣ה הַבַּרְזֶ֗ל וְהוּא֙ לֹא־פָנִ֣ים קִלְקַ֔ל וַחֲיָלִ֖ים יְגַבֵּ֑ר וְיִתְרֹ֥ון הַכְשֵׁ֖יר חָכְמָֽה׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

אם קהה הברזל והוא לא פנים קלקל וחילים יגבר ויתרון הכשיר חכמה׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Se il ferro è rintuzzato, e non se ne arrota il taglio, bisogna raddoppiar la forza; ma la sapienza è cosa eccellente, per addirizzar le cose.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Se il ferro perde il taglio e uno non l’arrota, bisogna che raddoppi la forza; ma la sapienza ha il vantaggio di sempre riuscire.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

斧が鈍く、その刃を研がなければ、さらに力を使わなければならない。しかし、知恵は成功をもたらす。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

무딘 철 연장 날을 갈지 아니하면 힘이 더 드느니라 오직 지혜는 성공하기에 유익하니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Tuhla lom ah fin safit ac kom tia tamla, kom ac kemkatu ke orekmakinya. Mwet lalmwetmet uh elos motkwala arulana wo meet, na saflaiya uh wo.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Si retusum fuerit ferrum, et hoc non ut prius, sed hebetatum fuerit, multo labore exacuetur, et post industriam sequetur sapientia.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

اگر آهن کند باشد و دمش را تیز نکنند بایدقوت زیاده بکار آورد، اما حکمت به جهت کامیابی مفید است.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Se o machado está cego, e não se afia a lâmina, então é preciso usar mais força; mas a habilidade traz sucesso.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Se o ferro está embotado, e não afiar o corte, então deve se pôr mais forças; mas a sabedoria é proveitosa para se ter sucesso.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Dacă fierul este tocit și el nu ascute tăișul, atunci trebuie să pună mai multă putere; dar înțelepciunea este de folos pentru a îndrepta.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Кынд се точеште ферул ши рэмыне неаскуцит, требуе сэ-ць ындоешть путериле; де ачея ла избындэ ажунӂь прин ынцелепчуне.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Если притупится топор, и если лезвие его не будет отточено, то надобно будет напрягать силы; мудрость умеет это исправить.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Kad se zatupi gvožđe i oštrice mu se ne naoštre, tada treba više snage; ali mudrost može bolje popraviti.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Кад се затупи гвожђе и оштрице му се не наоштре, тада треба више снаге; али мудрост може боље поправити.

Mashi Bible ☆

Embasha ekatûha, kubula carhyâza kurhuma, omuntu anayibande n’emisî; ci kwône obunguke bw’oburhimanya, kuli kuhasha.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Si se embotare el hierro, y su filo no fuere amolado, hay que añadir entonces más fuerza: empero excede la bondad de la sabiduría.

Spanish BLL ☆

Si el hacha no tiene filo y no se le saca punta, hay que golpear con más fuerza; pero lo que asegura el éxito es la sabiduría.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Si el hacha se embota y su filo no se afila, hay que añadir más fuerza; mas la sabiduría tiene la ventaja de dar el éxito.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Si el hierro no tiene filo, y él no lo afila, entonces tiene que sacar más fuerza; Pero la sabiduría hace que las cosas vayan bien.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Si el hierro pierde el filo y no le sacan corte, Hay que aplicar más fuerza. La sabiduría tiene la ventaja de dar éxito.

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Revised West Version ☆

Kapau ʻoku peku ʻae toki, pea ʻikai fakaʻalo, ʻoku totonu ke ne ʻai ʻaki ia ʻae mālohi lahi; ka ʻoku ʻaonga ʻae poto ke fakahinohino.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Як сокира притупиться та й не погостриш вістря, — треба напружовати сили; розум знає тому зарадити.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Як сокира притупиться та й не погостриш вістря, — треба напружовати сили; розум знає тому зарадити.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Cái rìu lụt mà không mài lưỡi nó lại, ắt phải rán sức còng nhiều; nhưng sự khôn ngoan có ích đặng dẫn dắt.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

אִם־קֵהָ֣ה הַבַּרְזֶ֗ל וְהוּא֙ לֹא־פָנִ֣ים קִלְקַ֔ל וַחֲיָלִ֖ים יְגַבֵּ֑ר וְיִתְר֥וֹן הכשיר חָכְמָֽה׃