Ecclesiastes 10:10

84 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

American Standard Version (1901)

If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

ASV Byzantine Text

If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

Asang Khongca Bible

Caka to kanoe ah taak ai nahaeloe, tha ueng han angaih; toe palunghahaih mah atho ohhaih loklam to hnuksak.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Thi te duu tih a ha te a haat pawt atah thadueng khaw vak. Tedae rhoeikhangnah tah cueihnah long ni a khui sak.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Thi te duu tih a ha te a haat pawt atah thadueng khaw vak. Tedae rhoeikhangnah tah cueihnah long ni a khui sak.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Ina kumumu ka hao, aole hoi ia e hookala i kona maka, alaila pono ke hoonui i ka ikaika; aka, he pono ka naauao i mea e hoopomaikai ai.

English Berean Standard Bible

If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Si dan rach ou pa koupe, si ou pa file l', ou gen pou travay pi rèd lè w'ap sèvi avè l'. Men bon konprann ap fè ou reyisi nan sa w'ap fè.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Si retusum fuerit ferrum, et hoc non ut prius, sed hebetatum fuerit, multo labore exacuetur, et post industriam sequetur sapientia.

Bible in Basic English

If the iron has no edge, and he does not make it sharp, then he has to put out more strength; but wisdom makes things go well.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Si le fer est émoussé, et que [celui qui l’emploie] n’en aiguise pas le tranchant, il aura des efforts à faire ; mais la sagesse est profitable pour amener le succès.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Jestliže se ztupí železo, a nenabrousí-li ostří jeho, tedy síly přičiniti musí; ale mnohem lépe může to spraviti moudrost.

Kosraean Bible

Tuhla lom ah fin safit ac kom tia tamla, kom ac kemkatu ke orekmakinya. Mwet lalmwetmet uh elos motkwala arulana wo meet, na saflaiya uh wo.

World Portuguese Bible

Se o machado está cego, e não se afia a lâmina, então é preciso usar mais força; mas a habilidade traz sucesso.

Romanian BTF Bible

Dacă fierul este tocit și el nu ascute tăișul, atunci trebuie să pună mai multă putere; dar înțelepciunea este de folos pentru a îndrepta.

Brenton English Septuagint

If the axe-head should fall off, then the man troubles his countenance, and he must put forth more strength: and in that case skill is of no advantage to a man.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ပုဆိန်တုံးသောအခါ မသွေးဘဲနေလျှင်သာ၍ အားထုတ်ရမည်။ ပညာသည် အမှုဆောင်ရသောအခွင့် ကို ပေး၍ ကျေးဇူးကြီး၏။

Darby Translation

If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he apply more strength; but wisdom is profitable to give success.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Wenn das Eisen stumpf geworden ist, und er hat die Schneide nicht geschliffen, so muß er seine Kräfte mehr anstrengen; aber die Weisheit ist vorteilhaft, um etwas in Stand zu setzen. -

Dutch Bible 1917

Indien hij het ijzer heeft stomp gemaakt, en hij slijpt de snede niet, dan moet hij meerder kracht te werk stellen; maar de wijsheid is een uitnemende zaak, om iets recht te maken.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Is het ijzer stomp geworden, En slijpt men de snede niet, Dan moet men zijn krachten verdubbelen; Zo biedt de wijsheid een voordeel.

Italian Diodati Bible

Se il ferro è rintuzzato, e non se ne arrota il taglio, bisogna raddoppiar la forza; ma la sapienza è cosa eccellente, per addirizzar le cose.

Douay-Rheims 1899

If the iron be blunt, and be not as before, but be made blunt, with much labour it shall be sharpened: and after industry shall follow wisdom.

Geneva Bible 1599

If the yron be blunt, and one hath not whet the edge, he must then put to more strength: but the excellencie to direct a thing is wisedome.

Noyes Bible

If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put forth more strength; but an advantage for giving success hath wisdom.

Danish Bible 1931

Når Øksen er sløv og dens Æg ej hvæsses, må Kraft lægges i; men den dygtiges Fortrin er Visdom.

Leeser Tanakh

If the iron be blunt, and man do not whet the edge, then must he exert more strength; but the advantage of making it properly sharp is wisdom.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength; but wisdom is profitable to direct.

King James Version

If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

King James Version + Apocrypha

If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Cái rìu lụt mà không mài lưỡi nó lại, ắt phải rán sức còng nhiều; nhưng sự khôn ngoan có ích đặng dẫn dắt.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

Revised West Version

Kapau ʻoku peku ʻae toki, pea ʻikai fakaʻalo, ʻoku totonu ke ne ʻai ʻaki ia ʻae mālohi lahi; ka ʻoku ʻaonga ʻae poto ke fakahinohino.

French Ostervald Bible

Si le fer est émoussé, et qu'il n'en ait pas aiguisé le tranchant, il devra redoubler d'efforts; mais la sagesse a l'avantage de donner de l'adresse.

Esperanto Bible

Se malakriĝis la hakilo, kaj oni ne akrigas la tranĉan flankon, oni devas streĉi la fortojn; kaj la ĉefaĵo estas prepari ĉion saĝe.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

S’il a émoussé le fer, et s’il n’en a pas aiguisé le tranchant, il devra redoubler de force; mais la sagesse a l’avantage du succès.

German Luther Bible 1912

Wenn ein Eisen stumpf wird und an der Schneide ungeschliffen bleibt, muß man's mit Macht wieder schärfen; also folgt auch Weisheit dem Fleiß.

LXX2012 U. S. English

If the axe-head should fall off, then the man troubles his countenance, and he must put forth more strength: and in that case skill is of no advantage to a man.

British English Septuagint 2012

If the axe-head should fall off, then the man troubles his countenance, and he must put forth more strength: and in that case skill is of no advantage to a man.

Majority Standard BIble

If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.

Webster Bible

If the iron is blunt, and he doth not whet the edge, then must he use more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

Revised Version

If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Se il ferro perde il taglio e uno non l’arrota, bisogna che raddoppi la forza; ma la sapienza ha il vantaggio di sempre riuscire.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Si la hache est émoussée et que son tranchant n'est pas aiguisé, il faut redoubler de force ; mais l'habileté assure le succès.

Reina Valera 1909

Si se embotare el hierro, y su filo no fuere amolado, hay que añadir entonces más fuerza: empero excede la bondad de la sabiduría.

Spanish BLL

Si el hacha no tiene filo y no se le saca punta, hay que golpear con más fuerza; pero lo que asegura el éxito es la sabiduría.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Si el hacha se embota y su filo no se afila, hay que añadir más fuerza; mas la sabiduría tiene la ventaja de dar el éxito.

Croatian Bible

Kad zatupi željezo i oštrica mu nije nabrušena, tada treba više snage; a nagrada mudrosti je uspjeh.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Kad se zatupi gvožđe i oštrice mu se ne naoštre, tada treba više snage; ali mudrost može bolje popraviti.

German Textbibel

Wenn das Eisen stumpf geworden ist, und er die Vorderseite nicht geschärft hat, so muß er die Kräfte anstrengen; aber der Vorteil der Zurechtmachung ist eine Frucht der Weisheit.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

If the axe-head should fall off, Then the man troubles his countenance, And he must put forth more strength: And in that case skill is of no advantage to a man.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

אִם־קֵהָ֣ה הַבַּרְזֶ֗ל וְהוּא֙ לֹא־פָנִ֣ים קִלְקַ֔ל וַחֲיָלִ֖ים יְגַבֵּ֑ר וְיִתְר֥וֹן הכשיר חָכְמָֽה׃