The Meaning of Ecclesiastes 10:9 Explained

Ecclesiastes 10:9

KJV: Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.

YLT: Whoso is removing stones is grieved by them, Whoso is cleaving trees endangered by them.

Darby: Whoso removeth stones is hurt therewith; he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.

ASV: Whoso heweth out stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Whoso removeth  stones  shall be hurt  therewith; [and] he that cleaveth  wood  shall be endangered  thereby. 

What does Ecclesiastes 10:9 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 10:9 mean?

He who quarries stones may be hurt by them [And] he who splits wood may be endangered by it
מַסִּ֣יעַ אֲבָנִ֔ים יֵעָצֵ֖ב בָּהֶ֑ם בּוֹקֵ֥עַ עֵצִ֖ים יִסָּ֥כֶן בָּֽם

מַסִּ֣יעַ  He  who  quarries 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular
Root: נָסַע  
Sense: to pull out, pull up, set out, journey, remove, set forward, depart.
אֲבָנִ֔ים  stones 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: אֶבֶן  
Sense: stone (large or small).
יֵעָצֵ֖ב  may  be  hurt 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָצַב 
Sense: to hurt, pain, grieve, displease, vex, wrest.
בָּהֶ֑ם  by  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
בּוֹקֵ֥עַ  [And]  he  who  splits 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: בָּקַע  
Sense: to split, cleave, break open, divide, break through, rip up, break up, tear.
עֵצִ֖ים  wood 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: עֵץ  
Sense: tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows.
יִסָּ֥כֶן  may  be  endangered 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מְסֻכָּן 
Sense: to incur danger.
בָּֽם  by  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural

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