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Proverbs 26:6

WisdomServing others

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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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.
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.

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