Parallel ECC 10:1

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BSB  ⇔ As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil,
⇔ so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

OEB As a deadly fly causes stench in the perfumer’s ointment,
⇔ So a little folly can ruin the rarest wisdom.

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

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

LSV Dead flies cause a perfumer’s perfume
To send forth a stink; The precious by reason of wisdom—By reason of honor—a little folly!

FBV Dead flies can make perfumed oil smell bad. Likewise a little foolishness outweighs great wisdom and honor.

T4T A few dead flies in a bottle of perfume cause all the perfume to stink.
⇔ Similarly [SIM], a small amount of acting foolishly can have a greater effect than acting wisely.

LEB No LEB ECC 10:1 verse available

BBE Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer give out an evil smell; more valued is a little wisdom than the great glory of the foolish.

MOF No MOF ECC book available

JPS Dead flies make the ointment of the perfumer fetid and putrid; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honour.

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

DRA Dying flies spoil the sweetness of the ointment. Wisdom and glory is more precious than a small and shortlived folly.

YLT Dead flies cause a perfumer's perfume To send forth a stink; The precious by reason of wisdom — By reason of honour — a little folly!

DBY Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to stink [and] ferment; [so] a little folly is weightier than wisdom [and] honour.

RV Dead flies cause the ointment of the perfumer to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honour.

WBS Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth an offensive odor: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor.

KJB 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.[fn]
  (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.)

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BB A dead flye doth corrupt sweete oyntment, and maketh it to stinke: Euen so oft tymes he that hath ben had in estimation for wysdome and honour, is abhorred because of a litle foolishnesse.
  (A dead flee doth corrupt sweete ointment, and maketh it to stinke: Even so oft times he that hath/has been had in estimation for wisdom and honour, is abhorred because of a little foolishness.)

GNV Dead flies cause to stinke, and putrifie the ointment of the apoticarie: so doeth a litle follie him that is in estimation for wisedome, and for glorie.
  (Dead flies cause to stinke, and putrifie the ointment of the apoticarie: so doeth a little follie him that is in estimation for wisdom, and for glory. )

CB Deed flyes yt corruppe swete oyntment & make it to styncke, are somthinge more worth then the wy?dome & honor of a foole.
  (Deed flyes it corruppe sweet ointment and make it to styncke, are somthinge more worth then the wy?dome and honor of a foole.)

WYC Flies `that dien, leesen the swetnesse of oynement. Litil foli at a tyme is preciousere than wisdom and glorie.
  (Flies `that dien, leesen the swetnesse of ointment. Litil folly at a time is preciousere than wisdom and glory.)

LUT Also verderben die schädlichen Fliegen gute Salben. Darum ist zuweilen besser Torheit denn Weisheit und Ehre.
  (So verderben the schädlichen Fliegen gute Salben. Therefore is zuweilen besser Torheit because Weisheit and Ehre.)

CLV [Muscæ morientes perdunt suavitatem unguenti. Pretiosior est sapientia et gloria, parva et ad tempus stultitia.
  ([Muscæ morientes perdunt suavitatem unguenti. Pretiosior it_is sapientia and gloria, parva and to tempus stultitia. )

BRN Pestilent flies will corrupt a preparation of sweet ointment: and a little wisdom is more precious than great glory of folly.

BrLXX Μυῖαι θανατοῦσαι σαπριοῦσι σκευασίαν ἐλαίου ἡδύσματος· τίμιον ὀλίγον σοφίας ὑπὲρ δόξαν ἀφροσύνης μεγάλην.
  (Muiai thanatousai sapriousi skeuasian elaiou haʸdusmatos; timion oligon sofias huper doxan afrosunaʸs megalaʸn. )