Ecc 10:13 | NET2full | STEP | At the beginning his words are foolish and at the end his talk is wicked madness ,

‏ Ecclesiastes 10:13

13 At the beginning his words ^{▼▼tn Heb “the words of his mouth.”} are foolish
and at the end ^{▼▼sn The terms “beginning” and “end” form a merism, a figure of speech in which two opposites are contrasted to indicate totality (e.g., Deut 6:7; Ps 139:8; Eccl 3:2-8). The words of a fool are madness from “start to finish.”} his talk ^{▼▼tn Heb “his mouth.”} is wicked madness, ^{▼▼tn Heb “madness of evil.”}