Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 2070 [e] זְב֣וּבֵי zə-ḇū-ḇê Flies N-mpc 4194 [e] מָ֔וֶת mā-weṯ, Dead N-ms 887 [e] יַבְאִ֥ישׁ yaḇ-’îš putrefy V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms 5042 [e] יַבִּ֖יעַ yab-bî-a‘ and cause it to give off a foul odor V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms 8081 [e] שֶׁ֣מֶן še-men the ointment N-msc 7543 [e] רוֹקֵ֑חַ rō-w-qê-aḥ; of perfumer V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms 3368 [e] יָקָ֛ר yā-qār to one respected Adj-ms 2451 [e] מֵחָכְמָ֥ה mê-ḥā-ḵə-māh for wisdom Prep-m | N-fs 3519 [e] מִכָּב֖וֹד mik-kā-ḇō-wḏ [and] honor Prep-m | N-ms 5531 [e] סִכְל֥וּת siḵ-lūṯ [So does] folly N-fsc 4592 [e] מְעָֽט׃ mə-‘āṭ. a little Adj-ms

New American Standard Bible
Dead flies make a perfumer's oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Dead flies make a perfumer's oil ferment and stink; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

dead flies or the flies of death the ointment

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Nehemiah 6:13 Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, …

Nehemiah 13:26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many …

Matthew 5:13-16 You are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his flavor, …

Galatians 2:12-14 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: …

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