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!