Proverbs 26:9 - New Revised Standard Version

⁹ Like a thornbush brandished by the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

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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.

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.

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.

Proverbs 26:9 Cross References

Proverbs 23:35

“They struck me,” you will say, “but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I will seek another drink.”

Proverbs 26:10

Like an archer who wounds everybody is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.

Proverbs 26:8

It is like binding a stone in a sling to give honor to a fool.