Proverbs 26:7 - American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ The legs of the lame hang loose; So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ The legs of the lame are not equal: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Like the legs of a lame man which hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of a fool.

Common English Bible

⁷ As legs dangle from a disabled person, so does a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ In the manner of a lame man who has beautiful legs to no purpose, so also is a parable unfit for the mouth of the foolish.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.

Proverbs 26:7 Cross References

Psalm 64:8

So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head.

Proverbs 17:7

Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.

Proverbs 26:6

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage.

Proverbs 26:8

As one that bindeth a stone in a sling, So is he that giveth honor to a fool.

Proverbs 26:9

As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Luke 4:23

And he said unto them, Doubtless ye will say unto me this parable, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in thine own country.