Proverbs 26:6 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁶ He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ 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)

⁶ He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage.

Common English Bible

⁶ Sending messages with a fool is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking down violence.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Whoever sends words by a foolish messenger has lame feet and drinks iniquity.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ He that sendeth words by a foolish messenger, is lame of feet and drinketh iniquity.

Proverbs 26:6 Cross References

Proverbs 10:26

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

Proverbs 13:17

A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.

Proverbs 25:13

As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.

Proverbs 26:5

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

Proverbs 26:7

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

Numbers 13:31

But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.