Proverbs 26:6
4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
7 Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
8 Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Den som sender bud med en dåre, han hugger føttene av seg, han må tåle slem medfart.
- OTB
- Å sende et budskap med en dåre er som å kutte av sine egne føtter og drikke vold.
- B1930
- Den som sender bud med en dåre, han hugger føttene av sig, han må tåle slem medfart.
- BSB
- Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
- KJV
- He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
- WEB
- One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
- ASV
- He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off [his own] feet, [and] drinketh in damage.
- DARBY
- He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off [his own] feet, [and] drinketh damage.
- BLB
- Cutting off feet, drinking violence, [is] sending a message by the hand of fool.
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Kryssreferanser
Proverbs 13:17
A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 10:26
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 25:13
Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a trustworthy messenger to those who send him; he refreshes the soul of his masters.
Les i sammenhengNumbers 13:31
But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”
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