Proverbs 26:7
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
8 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
- KJV
- The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
- WEB
- Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
- ASV
- The legs of the lame hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
- DARBY
- The legs of the lame hang loose; so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
- BLB
- Legs hanging limp from lameness [is] a proverb in the mouth of fools.
- ÅB
- Visne henger benene på den lamme og likeså ordspråk i munnen på dårer.
- OTB
- Som ubrukelige ben for en halt person er et ordspråk i dårers munn.
- B1930
- Visne henger benene på den lamme og likeså ordsprog i munnen på dårer.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 26:9
As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Read in contextProverbs 17:7
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
Read in contextPsalms 64:8
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
Read in contextPsalms 50:16–21
But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
Read in contextMatthew 7:4–5
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
Read in contextLuke 4:23
And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
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