Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so are the lazy to their employers.
Proverbs 26:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 It is like cutting off one’s foot and drinking down violence, to send a message by a fool. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off the feet [of satisfactory delivery] and drinks the damage. [Prov. 13:17.] American Standard Version (1901) He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage. Common English Bible Sending messages with a fool is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking down violence. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever sends words by a foolish messenger has lame feet and drinks iniquity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that sendeth words by a foolish messenger, is lame of feet and drinketh iniquity. |
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so are the lazy to their employers.
Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest are faithful messengers to those who send them; they refresh the spirit of their masters.
Answer fools according to their folly, lest they be wise in their own eyes.
The legs of a lame person hang limp; so does a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
Then the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against this people, for they are stronger than we.”