They have stricken me, {\i shalt thou say}, and I was not hurt;\par\tab They have beaten me, and I felt it not:\par\tab When shall I awake?\par\tab I will seek it yet again.\par
Proverbs 26:9 - American Standard Version 2015 {\i As} a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard,\par\tab So is a parable in the mouth of fools. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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, {\i shalt thou say}, and I was not hurt;\par\tab They have beaten me, and I felt it not:\par\tab When shall I awake?\par\tab I will seek it yet again.\par
{\i As} an archer that woundeth all,\par\tab So is he that hireth a fool and he that hireth them that pass by.
As one that bindeth a stone in a sling,\par\tab So is he that giveth honor to a fool.