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Proverbs 26:6

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6He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool

Cutteth off the feet, and kdrinketh ||damage.

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Footnotes

  1. kComp. Job 15:16. ch. 13:2.
  2. ||Or, violence. ch. 10:6, 11, &c.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool

cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Sending a message by the hands of a fool

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

NLTNew Living Translation

Trusting a fool to convey a message

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Like cutting off feet or drinking violence,

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