Proverbs 26:10
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10Hire a fool or a drunk
and you shoot yourself in the foot.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
In other versions
ESVEnglish Standard Version
Like an archer who wounds everyone
is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
Like an archer who wounds at random
is one who hires a fool or any passer-by.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
The one who hires a fool or who hires those passing by
is like an archer who wounds everyone indiscriminately.
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NLTNew Living Translation
An employer who hires a fool or a bystander
is like an archer who shoots at random.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Like an archer who wounds everyone,
so is he who hires a fool or he who hires passersby.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
The great God that formed all things
Both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
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