Ecclesiastes 10:8

Modern

He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.

Traditional

He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

Literal

The one digging a pit will fall into it; and one breaking through a wall, a snake will bite him.

Latin

Qui fodit foveam incidet in eam, et qui dissipat sepem mordebit eum coluber.

Hebrew

English

He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.

Every activity needs wisdom. People show wisdom by taking safety precautions in their jobs, but some risk always remains.

Proverbs 26:27
He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
Psalm 7:15–16
He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
Amos 5:19
It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.
2 Samuel 17:23
When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
Amos 9:3
Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.
Psalm 9:15–16
The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
Judges 9:53–57
But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
Judges 9:5
He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.
2 Samuel 18:15
And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.