Ecclesiastes 10:8

He who digs a pit may fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

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WEBBE

He who digs a pit may fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

BSB

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

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

He who makes a hole for others will himself go into it, and for him who makes a hole through a wall the bite of a snake will be a punishment.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.