Compare Translations for Ecclesiastes 10:1

1 Dead flies make a perfumer's oil ferment and stink; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

1 Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.

1 Dead flies in perfume make it stink, And a little foolishness decomposes much wisdom.

1 Dead flies make a perfumer's oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor.

1 As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

1 Dead flies putrefy the perfumer's ointment, And cause it to give off a foul odor; So does a little folly to one respected for wisdom and honor.

1 As dead flies cause even a bottle of perfume to stink, so a little foolishness spoils great wisdom and honor.

1 Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off a foul odor; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

1 Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; [so] doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

1 Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer give out an evil smell; more valued is a little wisdom than the great glory of the foolish.

1 As dead flies spoil the perfumer's oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

1 As dead flies spoil the perfumer's oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

1 Just as dead flies make perfumed oil stink, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to stink [and] ferment; [so] a little folly is weightier than wisdom [and] honour.

1 Dead flies can make a whole bottle of perfume stink, and a little stupidity can cancel out the greatest wisdom.

1 Dead flies can make a whole bottle of perfume stink, and a little stupidity can cancel out the greatest wisdom.

1 Dead flies will make a bottle of perfume stink, and then it is spoiled. A little foolishness outweighs wisdom [and] honor.

1 Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: likewise a small act of folly unto him that is esteemed for wisdom and honour.

1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour : so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.

1 Dead flies cause a bad smell [and] ruin the ointment of the perfumer. So also a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

1 Pestilent flies will corrupt a preparation of sweet ointment: a little wisdom is more precious than great glory of folly.

1 Dead flies can make even perfume stink. In the same way, a little foolishness can spoil wisdom.

1 Dead flies give perfume a bad smell. And a little foolishness can make a lot of wisdom useless.

1 Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off a foul odor; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

1 Dying flies spoil the sweetness of the ointment. Wisdom and glory is more precious than a small and shortlived folly.

1 Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off an evil odor; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

1 Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off an evil odor; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savor; so doth a little folly in him that hath a reputation for wisdom and honor.

1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savor; so doth a little folly in him that hath a reputation for wisdom and honor.

1 muscae morientes perdunt suavitatem unguenti pretiosior est sapientia et gloria parva ad tempus stultitia

1 muscae morientes perdunt suavitatem unguenti pretiosior est sapientia et gloria parva ad tempus stultitia

1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth an offensive odor: [so doth] a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom [and] honor.

1 Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

1 Flies that die (in it), lose the sweetness of [the] ointment. A little folly at some time is more precious than wisdom and glory. (Flies that die in an ointment can destroy its sweetness. And so a little foolishness can sometimes destroy wisdom and glory.)

1 Dead flies cause a perfumer's perfume To send forth a stink; The precious by reason of wisdom -- By reason of honour -- a little folly!