10 Like an archer who wounds at random

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

11 As a dog returns to its vomit,

so fools repeat their folly.

12 Do you see a person wise in their own eyes?

There is more hope for a fool than for them.

10 Like an archer who wounds everyone

is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.

11 Like a dog that returns to his vomit

is a fool who repeats his folly.

12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?

There is more hope for a fool than for him.

10 The great God that formed all things

Both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

11 As a dog returneth to his vomit,

So a fool returneth to his folly.

12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?

There is more hope of a fool than of him.

10 An employer who hires a fool or a bystander

is like an archer who shoots at random.

11 As a dog returns to its vomit,

so a fool repeats his foolishness.

12 There is more hope for fools

than for people who think they are wise.

10 The great God who formed everything

Gives the fool his hire and the transgressor his wages.

11 As a dog returns to his own vomit,

So a fool repeats his folly.

12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?

There is more hope for a fool than for him.

10 Hiring a foolish person or anyone just passing by

is like an archer shooting at just anything.

11 A fool who repeats his foolishness

is like a dog that goes back to what it has thrown up.

12 There is more hope for a foolish person

than for those who think they are wise.

10 As an archer that woundeth all,

So is he that hireth a fool and he that hireth them that pass by.

11 As a dog that returneth to his vomit,

So is a fool that repeateth his folly.

12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?

There is more hope of a fool than of him.

10 A master roughly worketh every one: he both hireth the fool and hireth passers-by.

11 As a dog turneth back to its vomit, so a fool repeateth his folly.

12 Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

10 ⸤Like⸥ many people who destroy everything, 

so is one who hires fools or drifters. 

11 As a dog goes back to its vomit, 

⸤so⸥ a fool repeats his stupidity. 

12 Have you met a person who thinks he is wise? 

There is more hope for a fool than for him. 

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

is like an archer who wounds everyone.

11 As a dog returns to its vomit,

so a fool repeats his foolishness.

12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?

There is more hope for a fool than for him.

10 Like an archer who wounds everybody

is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.

11 Like a dog that returns to its vomit

is a fool who reverts to his folly.

12 Do you see persons wise in their own eyes?

There is more hope for fools than for them.

10 Like an archer who wounds everyone,

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

11 Like a dog returning to his vomit

is a fool reverting to his folly.

12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?

There is more hope for a fool than for him.

10 Anyone who hires a foolish person or someone who is passing by

is like a person who shoots arrows at just anybody.

11 A foolish person who does the same foolish things again

is like a dog that returns to where it has thrown up.

12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?

There is more hope for a foolish person than for him.