Ecclesiastes 10:12

Hebrew	דִּבְרֵ֥י פִי חָכָ֖ם חֵ֑ן וְשִׂפְת֥וֹת כְּסִ֖יל תְּבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ
ESV	The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.
NIV	Words from a wise man's mouth are gracious, but a fool is consumed by his own lips.
NLT	Wise words bring approval, but fools are destroyed by their own words.
LXX	λόγοιplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigλόγος Meaning * A word or words * Statement * Message * Speech * Account * Used in John to mean God the Son Masculine noun. Related to the verb λέγω. λόγος in Greek Thought Before the New Testament, λόγος already had deep philosophical use. In Greek philosophy, λόγος was the rational principle that ordered the universe, the divine reason that structured all things. In Heraclitus, λόγος referred to the unifying rational principle behind the constant change in the world.… στόματος σοφοῦ χάρις καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” χείλη ἄφρονος καταποντιοῦσιν αὐτόνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English)
KJV	The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

^{Ecclesiastes 10:11 ← Ecclesiastes 10:12 → Ecclesiastes 10:13}

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