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Ecclesiastes 10:9

Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.

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מַסִּ֣יעַmasiacause to blowנָסַעverb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “cause to blow”, a verb used as a describing wordH5265properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourneycause to blow, bring, get, (make to) go (away, forth, forward, onward, out), (take) journey, march, remove, set aside (forward), [idiom] still, be on his (go their) way.אֲבָנִ֔יםavanimstoneאֶבֶןnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “stone”, the ordinary formH68a stone[phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).יֵעָצֵ֖בyeatsevdispleaseעָצַבverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “displease”, an unfinished actionH6087properly, to carve, i.e. fabricate or fashion; hence (in a bad sense) to worry, pain or angerdisplease, grieve, hurt, make, be sorry, vex, worship, wrest.בָּהֶ֑םbaheminבָּהֶ֑םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in”inבּוֹקֵ֥עַboqeabreak forthבָּקַעverb, qal, participle, absolute — “break forth”, a verb used as a describing wordH1234to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or openmake a breach, break forth (into, out, in pieces, through, up), be ready to burst, cleave (asunder), cut out, divide, hatch, rend (asunder), rip up, tear, win.עֵצִ֖יםetsimtreeעֵץnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “tree”, the ordinary formH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.יִסָּ֥כֶןyisakhenendangerסָכַןverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “endanger”, an unfinished actionH5533properly, to cut, i.e. damage; also to grow (causatively, make) poorendanger, impoverish.בָּֽםbaminבָּֽםpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in”in

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Whoso quarrieth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Whoso heweth out stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.

Young’s Literal Translation

Whoso is removing stones is grieved by them, Whoso is cleaving trees endangered by them.

World English Bible

Whoever carves out stones may be injured by them. Whoever splits wood may be endangered by it.

Darby Translation

Whoso removeth stones is hurt therewith; he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.

Douay-Rheims

He that removeth stones, shall be hurt by them: and he that cutteth trees, shall be wounded by them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Whoso quarrieth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He that removes stones shall be troubled thereby; he that cleaves wood shall be endangered thereby.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐξαίρων λίθους, διαπονηθήσεται ἐν αὐτοῖς· σχίζων ξύλα, κινδυνεύσει ἐν αὐτοῖς.