Text -- Ecclesiastes 10:13 (NET)

10:13 At the beginning his words are foolish and at the end his talk is wicked madness,

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Ecc 10:13

¹ tn Heb “the words of his mouth.”

² sn The terms “beginning” and “end” form a merism, a figure of speech in which two opposites are contrasted to indicate totality (e.g., Deut 6:7; Ps 139:8; Eccl 3:2-8). The words of a fool are madness from “start to finish.”

³ tn Heb “his mouth.”

⁴ tn Heb “madness of evil.”