Proverbs 26:9
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.
Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
10 Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.
11 As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
- KJV
- As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
- WEB
- Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
- ASV
- [As] a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
- DARBY
- [As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
- BLB
- A thorn [that] goes into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a proverb in the mouth of fools.
- ÅB
- Som en torn i en drukken manns hånd, slik er et ordspråk i dårers munn.
- OTB
- Som en tornebusk i hånden på en drukkenbolt er et ordspråk i dårers munn.
- B1930
- Som en torn i en drukken manns hånd, slik er et ordsprog i dårers munn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 23:35
“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”
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