# Ecclesiastes 10

## Verse Summary

NIV2011 verse same as 1984 | 7 | 35%
NIV2011 verse same as tNIV | 12 | 60%
NIV2011 rejected tNIV, reverted to NIV1984 |  | %
NIV2011 verse verse is new | 1 | 5%

## Word Summary

NIV2011 words same as 1984 | 258 | 84.45%
NIV2011 changed words | 48 | 15.55%
NIV2011 removed words | 53 |
NIV2011 added words | 42 |

## Changes

| Result | NIV1984 | tNIV(2005) | NIV2011
10:3 | tNIV | Even as he walks along the road, the fool lacks sense and shows everyone how stupid he is. | Even as he walks fools walk along the road, the fool lacks they lack sense and shows show everyone how stupid he is they are. | Even as he walks fools walk along the road, the fool lacks they lack sense and shows show everyone how stupid he is they are.
10:4 | tNIV | If a ruler’s anger rises against you, do not leave your post; calmness can lay great errors to rest. | If a ruler’s anger rises against you, do not leave your post; calmness can lay great errors offenses to rest. | If a ruler’s anger rises against you, do not leave your post; calmness can lay great errors offenses to rest.
10:10 | tNIV | If the ax is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed but skill will bring success. | If the ax is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed, but skill will bring success. | If the ax is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed, but skill will bring success.
10:11 | tNIV | If a snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer. | If a snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer receives no fee. | If a snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer receives no fee.
10:12 | tNIV | Words from a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but a fool is consumed by his own lips. | Words from a the mouth of the wise man’s mouth are gracious, but a fool is fools are consumed by his their own lips. | Words from a the mouth of the wise man’s mouth are gracious, but a fool is fools are consumed by his their own lips.
10:13 | tNIV | At the beginning his words are folly; at the end they are wicked madness— | At the beginning his their words are folly; at the end they are wicked madness— | At the beginning his their words are folly; at the end they are wicked madness—
10:14 | NIV2011 | and the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming— who can tell him what will happen after him? | and the fool multiplies fools multiply words. No one knows what is coming— who can tell him them what will happen after him them? | and the fool multiplies fools multiply words. No one knows what is coming— who can tell him someone else what will happen after him them?
10:15 | tNIV | A fool’s work wearies him; he does not know the way to town. | A fool’s work The toil of fools wearies him them; he does they do not know the way to town. | A fool’s work The toil of fools wearies him them; he does they do not know the way to town.
10:16 | tNIV | Woe to you, O land whose king was a servant and whose princes feast in the morning. | Woe to you, O the land whose king was a servant and whose princes feast in the morning. | Woe to you, O the land whose king was a servant and whose princes feast in the morning.
10:17 | tNIV | Blessed are you, O land whose king is of noble birth and whose princes eat at a proper time— for strength and not for drunkenness. | Blessed are you, O is the land whose king is of noble birth and whose princes eat at a proper time— for strength and not for drunkenness. | Blessed are you, O is the land whose king is of noble birth and whose princes eat at a proper time— for strength and not for drunkenness.
10:18 | tNIV | If a man is lazy, the rafters sag; if his hands are idle, the house leaks. | If a man is lazy Through laziness, the rafters sag; if his because of idle hands are idle, the house leaks. | If a man is lazy Through laziness, the rafters sag; if his because of idle hands are idle, the house leaks.
10:19 | tNIV | A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything. | A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but and money is the answer for everything. | A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but and money is the answer for everything.
10:20 | tNIV | Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird of the air may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say. | Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird of in the air sky may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say. | Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird of in the air sky may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say.