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Proverbs 26:6

Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool

cuts off his own feet and edrinks violence.

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Proverbs 26:6 — The New International Version (NIV)

Sending a message by the hands of a fool

is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison.

Proverbs 26:6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool

Cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.

Proverbs 26:6 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Trusting a fool to convey a message

is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison!

Proverbs 26:6 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

He who sends a message by the hand of a fool

Cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

Proverbs 26:6 — New Century Version (NCV)

Sending a message by a foolish person

is like cutting off your feet or drinking poison.

Proverbs 26:6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool

Cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage.

Proverbs 26:6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh damage.

Proverbs 26:6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Whoever uses a fool to send a message 

cuts off his own feet and brings violence upon himself. 

Proverbs 26:6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The one who sends a message by a fool’s hand

cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

Proverbs 26:6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

It is like cutting off one’s foot and drinking down violence,

to send a message by a fool.

Proverbs 26:6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Like cutting off feet or drinking violence,

so is he who sends messages in the hand of a fool.

Proverbs 26:6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Sending a message in the hand of a foolish person

is like cutting off your feet or drinking something harmful.

Proverbs 26:6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence

Who sends a message by the hand of a fool.


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