They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not hurt; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Proverbs 26:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the month of fools 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 have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not hurt; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
As an archer that woundeth all, So is he that hireth the fool and he that hireth them that pass by.
As a bag of gems in a heap of stones, So is he that giveth honour to a fool.