Pengkhotbah 6:11

6:11 The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes. ¹ 

How does that benefit him? ² 

Pengkhotbah 10:13

10:13 At the beginning his words ³  are foolish

and at the end ⁴  his talk ⁵  is wicked madness, ⁶ 

[6:11]  ¹ tn Heb “The more the words, the more the futility.”

[6:11]  ² tn Or “What benefit does man have [in that]?”

[10:13]  ³ tn Heb “the words of his mouth.”

[10:13]  ⁴ sn The terms “beginning” and “end” form a merism, a figure of speech in which two opposites are contrasted to indicate totality (e.g., Deut 6:7; Ps 139:8; Eccl 3:2-8). The words of a fool are madness from “start to finish.”

[10:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “his mouth.”

[10:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “madness of evil.”