Because of their tongue he will bring them to ruin; all who see them will wag their heads.
Proverbs 26:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools. Flere versionerKing 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. |
Because of their tongue he will bring them to ruin; all who see them will wag their heads.
Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince.
He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘Physician, heal yourself; what we have heard you did at Caperna-um, do here also in your own country.’ ”