“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 26:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Like a thornbush brandished by the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools. Common English Bible Like a thorny bush in the hand of a drunk, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 As if a thorn should grow in the hand of a drunkard: so is a parable in the mouth of fools. |
“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.”
Like an archer who wounds everybody is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.