Proverbs 26:6–8
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6You’re only asking for trouble
when you send a message by a fool.
7A proverb quoted by fools
is limp as a wet noodle.
8Putting a fool in a place of honor
is like setting a mud brick on a marble column.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
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.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
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.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
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.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
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.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
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.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool
Cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
The legs of the lame are not equal:
So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling,
So is he that giveth honour to a fool.
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