The Meaning of Ecclesiastes 10:15 Explained

Ecclesiastes 10:15

KJV: The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

YLT: The labour of the foolish wearieth him, In that he hath not known to go unto the city.

Darby: The labour of fools wearieth them, because they know not how to go to the city.

ASV: The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The labour  of the foolish  wearieth  every one of them, because he knoweth  not how to go  to the city. 

What does Ecclesiastes 10:15 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ecclesiastes 10

1  observations of wisdom and folly
7  death in life
9  and the day of judgment in the days of youth, are to be thought on

What do the individual words in Ecclesiastes 10:15 mean?

The labor of fools wearies them for not they do even know how to go to the city
עֲמַ֥ל הַכְּסִילִ֖ים תְּיַגְּעֶ֑נּוּ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־ יָדַ֖ע לָלֶ֥כֶת אֶל־ עִֽיר

עֲמַ֥ל  The  labor 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: עָמָל  
Sense: .
הַכְּסִילִ֖ים  of  fools 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כְּסִיל  
Sense: fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one.
תְּיַגְּעֶ֑נּוּ  wearies  them 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person feminine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: יָגַע  
Sense: to toil, labour, grow weary, be weary.
יָדַ֖ע  they  do  even  know  how 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
לָלֶ֥כֶת  to  go 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
עִֽיר  the  city 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.