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Ecclesiastes 10:9 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 10 · verse 9
Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.Ecclesiastes 10:9 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 10:9 in context
7I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
9Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
10If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
11Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- removethnâçaʻproperly, to pull up, especially the tent-pinsH5265 →
- cleavethbâqaʻto cleaveH1234 →
- stonesʼebena stoneH68 →
- hurtʻâtsabproperly, to carveH6087 →
- woodʻêtsa treeH6086 →
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The scope of these verses is to keep subjects loyal and dutiful to the government. In Solomon's reign the people were very rich, and lived in prosperity, which perhaps made them proud and petulant, and when the taxes were high, though they had enough to pay them with, it is probable that many conducted themselves…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-11