Ecclesiastes 10:14

NETBible

yet a fool keeps on babbling. 1  No one knows what will happen; who can tell him what will happen in the future? 2 

NIV ©

and the fool multiplies words. No-one knows what is coming— who can tell him what will happen after him?

NASB ©

Yet the fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?

NLT ©

Foolish people claim to know all about the future and tell everyone the details! But who can really know what is going to happen?

MSG ©

Fools talk way too much, Chattering stuff they know nothing about.

BBE ©

The foolish are full of words; man has no knowledge of what will be; and who is able to say what will be after him?

NRSV ©

yet fools talk on and on. No one knows what is to happen, and who can tell anyone what the future holds?

NKJV ©

A fool also multiplies words. No man knows what is to be; Who can tell him what will be after him?

KJV
A fool
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also is full
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of words
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a man
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cannot tell
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what shall be; and what shall be after
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him, who can tell
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him? {is full...: Heb. multiplieth words}
NASB ©
Yet the fool
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multiplies
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words
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. No
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man
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knows
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what
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will happen
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, and who
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can tell
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him what
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will come
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after
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<310> him?
LXXM
kai
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CONJ
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T-NSM
afrwn
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A-NSM
plhyunei
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V-PAI-3S
logouv
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N-APM
ouk
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ADV
egnw
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V-AAI-3S
o
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T-NSM
anyrwpov
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N-NSM
ti
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I-ASN
to
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T-ASN
genomenon
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V-AMPAS
kai
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CONJ
ti
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I-ASN
to
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T-ASN
esomenon
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V-FMPAS
opisw
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ADV
autou
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D-GSM
tiv
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I-NSM
anaggelei
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autw
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NET [draft] ITL
yet a fool
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keeps on babbling
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. No
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one
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knows
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what
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will happen
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; who
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can tell
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him what
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will happen
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in the future
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?
HEBREW
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wyrxam
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hyhy
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hyhys
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hm
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Mdah
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edy
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al
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Myrbd
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hbry
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lkohw (10:14)
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NETBible

yet a fool keeps on babbling. 1  No one knows what will happen; who can tell him what will happen in the future? 2 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “and the fool multiplies words.” This line is best taken as the third line of a tricola encompassing 10:13-14a (NASB, NRSV, NJPS, Moffatt) rather than the first line of a tricola encompassing 10:14 (KJV, NEB, RSV, NAB, ASV, NIV). Several versions capture the sense of this line well: “a fool prates on and on” (Moffatt) and “Yet the fool talks and talks!” (NJPS).

2 tn Heb “after him”; or “after he [dies].”