Ecclesiastes 10:8

Ecclesiastes 10:8 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

8Whoever digs a pit may fall into it;

whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

8One who digs a pit may fall into it, and a serpent may bite one who breaks through a wall.

8He who digs a pit [for others] may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a [stone] wall. [Ps 57:6]

8He who digs a pit may fall into it,

and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.

8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.

8He that diggeth a pit, shall fal into it, and he that breaketh the hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

8He who digs a pit may fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

8Anyone who digs a pit might fall into it.

Anyone who breaks through a wall might be bitten by a snake.

8If you dig a deep hole, you might fall into it.

If you knock down a wall, a snake might bite you.

8Whoever is digging a pit falls into it, || And whoever is breaking a hedge, a serpent bites him.