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Ecclesiastes 10:10

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 10 If an iron tool is dull and one does not sharpen its edge, he will need to exert much effort. But wisdom helps to achieve success.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 10 If an iron tool is dull and one does not sharpen its edge, he will need to exert much effort. But wisdom helps to achieve success.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 10 If an iron tool has become blunt and someone has not whetted its edge,+ then he will exert his own vital energies. So the using of wisdom to success means advantage.+

Ecclesiastes 10:10

The Bible in Living English
- 10 If the iron has grown dull and he has not whetted, then he exerts himself; but wisdom is an advantage for giving efficiency.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

The Emphasized Bible
- 10 If blunt be the iron and himself hath not sharpened the edge then much force must he apply,—but an advantage for giving success is wisdom.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

King James Version
- 10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.