Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
All Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 10:11 Go To Ecclesiastes 10
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Silence. Protestants, "without enchantment, and a babbler is no better. "(Haydock)
But he compares the detractor to a serpent, (Calmet) as he infuses the poison into all who pay attention to him. (St. Jerome; St. Bernard)