Proverbs 26:9 - Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ In the manner of a thorn, if it were to spring up from the hand of a drunkard, so also is a parable in the mouth of the foolish.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Like a thorn that goes [without being felt] into the hand of a drunken man, so is a proverb in the mouth of a [self-confident] fool.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Common English Bible

⁹ Like a thorny bush in the hand of a drunk, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ As if a thorn should grow in the hand of a drunkard: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

English Standard Version 2016

⁹ Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Proverbs 26:9 Cross References

Proverbs 23:35

And you will say: "They have beaten me, but I did not feel pain. They have dragged me, and I did not realize it. When will I awaken and find more wine?"

Proverbs 26:10

Judgment determines cases. And whoever imposes silence on the foolish mitigates anger.

Proverbs 26:8

Just like one who casts a stone into the pile of Mercury, so also is he who gives honor to the foolish.