NASB
"If the serpent bites before being charmed, there is no profit for the charmer."
— Ecclesiastes 10:11, NASB
“Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.”
“If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer. ”
“If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer's tongue.”
“If the snake should bite before it is charmed, the snake charmer is in trouble.”
“If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly.”
“If a snake gives a bite before the word of power is said, then there is no longer any use in the word of power.”
“Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.”
He who digs a pit may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a wall.
He who quarries stones may be hurt by them, and he who splits logs may be endangered by them.
If the axe is dull and he does not sharpen its edge, then he must exert more strength. Wisdom has the advantage of giving success.
If the serpent bites before being charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him;
the beginning of his talking is folly and the end of it is wicked madness.
Yet the fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?