10   If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
barzel¹²⁷⁰ qahah⁶⁹⁴⁹ qalal⁷⁰⁴³ paniym⁶⁴⁴⁰ gabar¹³⁹⁶ chayil²⁴²⁸ chokmah²⁴⁵¹ yithrown³⁵⁰⁴ kasher³⁷⁸⁷

11   Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
nachash⁵¹⁷⁵ nashak⁵³⁹¹ lachash³⁹⁰⁸ lashown³⁹⁵⁶ yithrown³⁵⁰⁴

12   The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
dabar¹⁶⁹⁷ chakam²⁴⁵⁰ peh⁶³¹⁰ chen²⁵⁸⁰ saphah⁸¹⁹³ kciyl³⁶⁸⁴ bala`¹¹⁰⁴

13   The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
tchillah⁸⁴⁶² dabar¹⁶⁹⁷ peh⁶³¹⁰ cikluwth⁵⁵³¹ 'achariyth³¹⁹ peh⁶³¹⁰ ra`⁷⁴⁵¹ howleluwth¹⁹⁴⁸

14   A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
cakal⁵⁵³⁰ rabah⁷²³⁵ dabar¹⁶⁹⁷ 'adam¹²⁰ yada`³⁰⁴⁵ 'achar³¹⁰ nagad⁵⁰⁴⁶

15   The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
`amal<sup>5999</sup> kciyl<sup>3684</sup> yaga`³⁰²¹ yada`<sup>3045</sup> yalak<sup>3212</sup> `iyr⁵⁸⁹²

16   Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
'iy³³⁷ 'erets⁷⁷⁶ melek⁴⁴²⁸ na`ar⁵²⁸⁸ sar⁸²⁶⁹ 'akal³⁹⁸ boqer¹²⁴²

17   Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
'esher⁸³⁵ 'erets⁷⁷⁶ melek⁴⁴²⁸ ben¹¹²¹ chor²⁷¹⁵ sar⁸²⁶⁹ 'akal³⁹⁸ `eth⁶²⁵⁶ gbuwrah¹³⁶⁹ shthiy⁸³⁵⁸

18   By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
`atslah⁶¹⁰³ mqareh⁴⁷⁴⁶ makak⁴³⁵⁵ shiphluwth⁸²²⁰ yad³⁰²⁷ bayith¹⁰⁰⁴ dalaph¹⁸¹¹