One dead fly makes the perfumer’s ointment give off a rancid stench, so a little folly can outweigh much wisdom.

死苍蝇使做香的膏油发出臭气；这样，一点愚昧也能败坏智慧和尊荣。

死苍蝇使做香的膏油散发臭气；同样，一点愚昧也能压倒智慧和尊荣。

死苍蝇使做香的膏油散发臭气；同样，一点愚昧也能压倒智慧和尊荣。

死苍蝇会使芬芳的膏油发臭，同样，一点点愚昧足以毁掉智慧和尊荣。

几只死苍蝇能使做香料者的膏油发霉变臭，一点点愚昧比智慧和荣誉的影响更大。

几只死苍蝇使做香的膏油腐烂发臭，一点点愚昧也能压过智慧和尊荣。

死蒼蠅使做香的膏油發出臭氣；這樣，一點愚昧也能敗壞智慧和尊榮。

死蒼蠅使做香的膏油散發臭氣；同樣，一點愚昧也能壓倒智慧和尊榮。

死蒼蠅使做香的膏油散發臭氣；同樣，一點愚昧也能壓倒智慧和尊榮。

死蒼蠅會使芬芳的膏油發臭，同樣，一點點愚昧足以毀掉智慧和尊榮。

幾隻死蒼蠅能使做香料者的膏油發霉變臭，一點點愚昧比智慧和榮譽的影響更大。

死蒼蠅使作香物者的膏油發出臭氣；一點點愚昧比智慧和尊榮更有勢力。

幾隻死蒼蠅使做香的膏油腐爛發臭，一點點愚昧也能壓過智慧和尊榮。

死蠅使製香者之膏、發其惡臭、人之愚妄雖小、足敗智慧尊榮、

惟人調劑香膏、一入毒蟲、則臭立變惡、人有尊榮、具智慧、名譽遠播、一行不善亦若是、

和香者所製之香膏、或作膏商之香膏如其中有死蠅、死蠅或作毒蠅必臭且壞、人因智慧尊貴得美名、倘稍有愚妄亦若是、

As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

Dead flies give perfume a bad smell. And a little foolishness can make a lot of wisdom useless.

Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

As dead flies cause even a bottle of perfume to stink, so a little foolishness spoils great wisdom and honor.

Dead flies make a perfumer’s oil ferment and stink; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

Dead flies turn a perfumer’s oil rancid, so a little foolishness is more potent than wisdom and honor.

Dead flies putrefy the perfumer’s ointment, And cause it to give off a foul odor; So does a little folly to one respected for wisdom and honor.

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

Dead flies make a perfumer’s oil ferment and stink; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

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.

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

Until certain people came from James, he had been eating with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he stopped doing this and separated himself because he was afraid of those who were pro- circumcision.And the rest of the Jews also joined with him in this hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was led astray with them by their hypocrisy.But when I saw that they were not behaving consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all,“ If you, although you are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you try to force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

“ You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its flavor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled on by people.You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill cannot be hidden.People do not light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.

Was it not because of things like these that King Solomon of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. But the foreign wives made even him sin!

You are to make this into a sacred anointing oil, a perfumed compound, the work of a perfumer. It will be sacred anointing oil.

the prophet Jehu son of Hanani confronted him; he said to King Jehoshaphat,“ Is it right to help the wicked and be an ally of those who oppose the LORD? Because you have done this the LORD is angry with you!

The LORD said to Moses:“ Take spices, gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense of equal amountsand make it into an incense, a perfume, the work of a perfumer. It is to be finely ground, and pure and sacred.

He had been hired to scare me so that I would do this and thereby sin. They would thus bring reproach on me and I would be discredited.