Ecclesiastes 10:9 meaning and explanation
The one who quarries stones may be injured by them, and he who splits logs endangers himself.
Ecclesiastes 10:9, Berean Standard Bible
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The speaker is the Teacher, the wisdom figure whose voice runs through Ecclesiastes, and he offers a string of proverbs about risk in ordinary work. Verse 9 sits among sayings about pits, walls, stones and logs: every task carries its own danger, and the danger falls on the one doing the work.
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