Proverbs 26:7 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

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

Proverbs 26:7 Krydshenvisninger

Psalm 64:8

So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

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 the feet, and drinketh damage.

Proverbs 26:8

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

Proverbs 26:9

As a thorn 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, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Caper´na-um, do also here in thy country.