The Meaning of Ecclesiastes 10:3 Explained

Ecclesiastes 10:3

KJV: 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.

YLT: And also, when he that is a fool Is walking in the way, his heart is lacking, And he hath said to every one, 'He is a fool.'

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Ecclesiastes 10:3 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 10:3 mean?

And Even along the way - when a fool walks wisdom He is lacking and he shows everyone a fool [that] he [is]
וְגַם־ בַּדֶּ֛רֶךְ [כשהסכל] (כְּשֶׁסָּכָ֥ל‪‬) הֹלֵ֖ךְ לִבּ֣וֹ חָסֵ֑ר וְאָמַ֥ר לַכֹּ֖ל סָכָ֥ל הֽוּא

וְגַם־  And  Even 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
בַּדֶּ֛רֶךְ  along  the  way 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, common singular
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
[כשהסכל]  - 
Parse: Preposition-k, Pronoun, relative, Article, Noun, masculine singular
(כְּשֶׁסָּכָ֥ל‪‬)  when  a  fool 
Parse: Preposition-k, Pronoun, relative, Noun, masculine singular
Root: סָכָל  
Sense: fool.
הֹלֵ֖ךְ  walks 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
לִבּ֣וֹ  wisdom 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: לֵב 
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.
חָסֵ֑ר  He  is  lacking 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: חָסֵר  
Sense: in need of, lacking, needy, in want of.
וְאָמַ֥ר  and  he  shows 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
לַכֹּ֖ל  everyone 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
סָכָ֥ל  a  fool 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: סָכָל  
Sense: fool.
הֽוּא  [that]  he  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.

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