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Proverbs 26:10

10  Like an archer who wounds everyone

is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.1

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Proverbs 26:10 — The New International Version (NIV)

10 Like an archer who wounds at random

is one who hires a fool or any passer-by.

Proverbs 26:10 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

10 The great God that formed all things

Both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

Proverbs 26:10 — New Living Translation (NLT)

10 An employer who hires a fool or a bystander

is like an archer who shoots at random.

Proverbs 26:10 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

10 The great God who formed everything

Gives the fool his hire and the transgressor his wages.

Proverbs 26:10 — New Century Version (NCV)

10 Hiring a foolish person or anyone just passing by

is like an archer shooting at just anything.

Proverbs 26:10 — American Standard Version (ASV)

10 As an archer that woundeth all,

So is he that hireth a fool and he that hireth them that pass by.

Proverbs 26:10 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

10 A master roughly worketh every one: he both hireth the fool and hireth passers-by.

Proverbs 26:10 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

10 ⸤Like⸥ many people who destroy everything, 

so is one who hires fools or drifters. 

Proverbs 26:10 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

10 The one who hires a fool or who hires those passing by

is like an archer who wounds everyone.

Proverbs 26:10 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

10 Like an archer who wounds everybody

is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.

Proverbs 26:10 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

10 Like an archer who wounds everyone,

so is he who hires a fool or he who hires passersby.

Proverbs 26:10 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

10 Anyone who hires a foolish person or someone who is passing by

is like a person who shoots arrows at just anybody.

Proverbs 26:10 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

10 Like an archer who wounds everyone,

So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by.


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