Ecclesiastes 10:15 Meaning and Explanation
“The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The fool wears himself out with toil yet accomplishes nothing, so lost that he cannot even find his way to the city.
What Does Ecclesiastes 10:15 Mean?
The Preacher pictures the fool exhausted by his own labor, all effort and no result. He cannot even find the road to the city, a task so basic that his confusion lays bare his lack of sense. His weariness is the fruit of misdirected striving.
Effort without wisdom drains us and arrives nowhere. The fool's problem is not lack of work but lack of understanding to aim it. This quietly commends the wisdom that knows the way, and points beyond ourselves to the One who declares, I am the way, in whom alone our labor finds its true direction and rest.
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What does Ecclesiastes 10:15 mean?
The fool wears himself out with toil yet accomplishes nothing, so lost that he cannot even find his way to the city.