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Ecclesiastes 10:1
NIV:  As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
NAS:  Dead flies make a perfumer's oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor.
KJV:  Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
GWT:  Dead flies will make a bottle of perfume stink, and then it is spoiled. A little foolishness outweighs wisdom [and] honor.
ASV:  Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor;'so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.
BBE:  Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer give out an evil smell; more valued is a little wisdom than the great glory of the foolish.
DBY:  Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to stink and ferment; so a little folly is weightier than wisdom and honour.
DRB:  Dying flies spoil the sweetness of the ointment. Wisdom and glory is more precious than a small and shortlived folly.
WBS:  Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth an offensive odor: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor.
WEB:  Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.
YLT:  Dead flies cause a perfumer's perfume To send forth a stink; The precious by reason of wisdom -- By reason of honour -- a little folly!

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