Proverbs 26:10 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁰ As an archer that woundeth all, So is he that hireth the fool and he that hireth them that pass by.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ The great God that formed all things Both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ [But] like an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or chance passers-by.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ As an archer that woundeth all, So is he that hireth a fool and he that hireth them that pass by.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ Like an archer who wounds someone randomly, so is one who hires a fool or a passerby.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ Judgment determines cases. And whoever imposes silence on the foolish mitigates anger.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁰ Judgment determineth causes: and he that putteth a fool to silence, appeaseth anger.

Proverbs 26:10 Cross References

Proverbs 11:31

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: How much more the wicked and the sinner!

Proverbs 26:11

As a dog that returneth to his vomit, So is a fool that repeateth his folly.

Proverbs 26:9

As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the month of fools

Romans 2:6

who will render to every man according to his works: