Ecclesiastes 10:14

Modern

Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?

Traditional

A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

Literal

And the fool multiplies words. Man does not know what will come to be, and of what will come to be after him, who can declare it to him?

Latin

Stultus verba multiplicat. Ignorat homo quid ante se fuerit; et quid post se futurum sit, quis ei poterit indicare?

Hebrew

English

Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?

the fool multiplies words: Fools often speak about nothing important (see Ecclesiastes 5:3; 6:11; Proverbs 10:19; 17:28).
who can tell him what will come after him?: Wise people avoid foolish talk and its consequences (see James 4:13–16).

Proverbs 15:2
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
Ecclesiastes 8:7
Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?
Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
James 4:13–14
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”
Ecclesiastes 5:3
As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.
Ecclesiastes 3:22
I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?
Proverbs 10:19
When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
Job 35:16
So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
Job 34:37
For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”