11 If a snake bites before it is charmed,
    the charmer receives no fee.(A)

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11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

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11 A serpent may bite (A)when it is not charmed;
The [a]babbler is no different.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 10:11 Lit. master of the tongue

17 “See, I will send venomous snakes(A) among you,
    vipers that cannot be charmed,(B)
    and they will bite you,”
declares the Lord.

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17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.

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17 “For behold, I will send serpents among you,
Vipers which cannot be (A)charmed,
And they shall bite you,” says the Lord.

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