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Proverbs 26:10

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10||The great God that nformed all things

Both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

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Footnotes

  1. ||Or, A great man o grieveth all, And he hireth the fool, he hireth also transgressors.
  2. nSee ch. 25:23.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Like an archer who wounds everyone

is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Like an archer who wounds at random

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

is like an archer who wounds everyone indiscriminately.

NLTNew Living Translation

An employer who hires a fool or a bystander

is like an archer who shoots at random.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Like an archer who wounds everyone,

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