Ecclesiastes 10:8 Targum: Aramaic Targum to Ecclesiastes

חֹפֵ֥ר גּוּמָּ֖ץ בּ֣וֹ יִפּ֑וֹל וּפֹרֵ֥ץ גָּדֵ֖ר יִשְּׁכֶ֥נּוּ נָחָֽשׁ׃

He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a fence, a serpent shall bite him.

Aramaic Targum to Ecclesiastes

8. The Attribute of Justice answered and so said: “They caused all this themselves just as a man who digs a pit at the crossroads is liable to fall [in it] so a people who transgressed the decree of the Memra of 'ה and breached the fence of the world falls into the hand of the wicked king who bites them like a snake. ...
Ask a RabbiBookmarkShareCopy