Ecclesiastes 10:14 meaning and explanation

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

Ecclesiastes 10:14, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker is the Teacher, a wisdom figure reflecting on life "under the sun." Here he continues his portrait of the fool, whose talk multiplies without limit. The fool keeps talking because he assumes his many words give him mastery over what lies ahead.

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