John Gill's Exposition on Ecclesiastes 10:11

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment, etc.] See (<240817>Jeremiah 8:17). Or rather, “without a whisper”f239; without hissing, or any noise, giving no warning at all: so the Vulgate Latin version renders it, “in silence”; some serpents bite, others sting, some both; see (<202332>Proverbs 23:32); some hiss, others not, as here; and a babbler is no better; a whisperer, a backbiter, a busy tattling body, that goes from house to house, and, in a private manner, speaks evil of civil governments, of ministers of the word, and of other persons; and; in a secret way, defames men, and detracts from their characters: such an one is like a venomous viper, a poisonous serpent or adder; and there is no more guarding against him than against such a creature that bites secretly.

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