Proverbs 26:6
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26:6Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence,10
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- 10 Sending a messenger on a mission is like having another pair of feet. But if the messenger is a fool, this proverb says, not only does the sender not have an extra pair of feet—he cuts off the pair he has. It would not be simply that the message did not get through; it would get through incorrectly and be a setback! The other simile uses “violence,” a term for violent social wrongs and injustice. The metaphorical idea of “drinking” violence means suffering violence—it is one’s portion. So sending a fool on a mission will have injurious consequences.
- 11 The participle could be taken as the subject of the sentence: “the one who sends … cuts off … and drinks.”
- 12 The consequence is given in the first line and the cause in the second. It would be better not to send a message at all than to use a fool as messenger.
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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.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Sending a message by the hands of a fool
is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
The one who sends a message by a fool’s hand
cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Trusting a fool to convey a message
is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison!
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Like cutting off feet or drinking violence,
so is he who sends messages in the hand of a fool.
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KJV 1900King James Version
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool
Cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
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