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Proverbs 26:1

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As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.

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BSB
Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
KJV
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
WEB
Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
ASV
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool.
DARBY
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour beseemeth not a fool.
BLB
Like the snow in the summer, and like the rain in the harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
ÅB
Som snø om sommeren og som regn i høsttiden, slik høver ære for en dåre.
OTB
Som snø om sommeren og regn under innhøstingen, slik passer ære ikke for en dåre.
B1930
Som sne om sommeren og som regn i høsttiden, slik høver ære for en dåre.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 19:10

    Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

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  • Proverbs 28:16

    The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

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  • Esther 3:1–15

    After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.

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  • 1 Samuel 12:17–18

    Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.

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  • Psalms 12:8

    The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

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  • Proverbs 26:8

    As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

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  • Esther 4:6

    So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king’s gate.

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  • Psalms 15:4

    In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.

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