Proverbs 26:9
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- 17 The picture is one of seizing a thornbush and having the thorn pierce the hand (עָלָה בְיַד־, ’alah véyad). A drunk does not know how to handle a thornbush because he cannot control his movements and so gets hurt (W. McKane, Proverbs [], 599). C. H. Toy suggests that this rather means a half-crazy drunken man brandishing a stick (Proverbs [], ). In this regard cf. “a thornbush brandished by a drunkard.”
- 18 A fool can read or speak a proverb but will be intellectually and spiritually unable to handle it; he will misapply it or misuse it in some way. In doing so he will reveal more of his folly. It is painful to hear fools try to use proverbs.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard
is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Like a thornbush in a drunkard’s hand
is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
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A proverb in the mouth of a fool
is like a stick with thorns,
brandished by the hand of a drunkard.
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NLTNew Living Translation
A proverb in the mouth of a fool
is like a thorny branch brandished by a drunk.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Like a thorn that goes up in the hand of a drunkard,
so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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KJV 1900King James Version
As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard,
So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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