kComp. Job 15:16. ch. 13:2.
||Or, violence. ch. 10:6, 11, &c.
†Heb. are lifted up. Ps. 30:1.
l Ecclus. 15:9 marg. See ch. 1:1.
||Or, As he that putteth a precious stone in a heap of stones. Comp. 2 Sam. 18:17.
bSo ver. 8. Comp. ch. 19:10.

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Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool

cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

Like a lame man’s legs, which hang useless,

is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Like one who binds the stone in the sling

is one who gives honor to a fool.

Sending a message by the hands of a fool

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

Like the useless legs of one who is lame

is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

Like tying a stone in a sling

is the giving of honor to a fool.

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

cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

A proverb in the mouth of a fool

is like lame legs that hang limp.

Giving honor to a fool

is like binding a stone in a sling.

Trusting a fool to convey a message

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

A proverb in the mouth of a fool

is as useless as a paralyzed leg.

Honoring a fool

is as foolish as tying a stone to a slingshot.

Like cutting off feet or drinking violence,

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

Like legs that hang limp from a lame person,

so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Like binding a stone in a sling,

so is giving honor to a fool.