10 死蒼蠅會使芬芳的膏油發臭,
同樣,一點點愚昧足以毀掉智慧和尊榮。
智者的心引導他走正路,
愚人的心帶領他入歧途。[a]
愚人走路時也無知,
並向眾人顯出他的愚昧。

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Footnotes

  1. 10·2 這一節希伯來文是「智者的心在右,愚人的心在左。」

10 As dead flies give perfume a bad smell,
    so a little folly(A) outweighs wisdom and honor.
The heart of the wise inclines to the right,
    but the heart of the fool to the left.
Even as fools walk along the road,
    they lack sense
    and show everyone(B) how stupid they are.

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10 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.

A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

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