10:3 Even when a fool walks along the road he lacks sense, 1
and shows 2 everyone what a fool he is. 3
10:14 yet a fool keeps on babbling. 4
No one knows what will happen;
who can tell him what will happen in the future? 5
1 tn Heb “he lacks his heart.”
2 tn Heb “he tells everyone.”
3 sn A fool’s lack of wisdom is obvious to everyone, even when he is engaged in the simple, ordinary actions of life.
4 tn Heb “and the fool multiplies words.” This line is best taken as the third line of a tricola encompassing 10:13-14a (NASB, NRSV, NJPS, Moffatt) rather than the first line of a tricola encompassing 10:14 (KJV, NEB, RSV, NAB, ASV, NIV). Several versions capture the sense of this line well: “a fool prates on and on” (Moffatt) and “Yet the fool talks and talks!” (NJPS).
5 tn Heb “after him”; or “after he [dies].”