Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.
WEB
If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
YLT
If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.
DBT
If the serpent bite before enchantment, then the charmer hath no advantage.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).