Ecc 10:9 | JFB | STEP | 9. removeth stones —namely, of an ancient building [WEISS ]. His neighbor's landmarks [HOLDEN ]. Cuts out from the quarry [MAURER ]. endangered —by the splinters, or by the head of the hatchet, flying back on himself. Pithy aphorisms are common in the East. The sense is: Violations of true wisdom recoil on the perpetrators.

Ecclesiastes 10:9

9. removeth stones—namely, of an ancient building [WEISS]. His neighbor's landmarks [HOLDEN]. Cuts out from the quarry [MAURER].

endangered—by the splinters, or by the head of the hatchet, flying back on himself. Pithy aphorisms are common in the East. The sense is: Violations of true wisdom recoil on the perpetrators.