Proverbs 26:9 - American Standard Version 2015

⁹ {\i As} a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard,\par\tab So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ 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)

⁹ As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Common English Bible

⁹ Like a thorny bush in the hand of a drunk, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ 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.

Proverbs 26:9 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 23:35

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 26:10

{\i As} an archer that woundeth all,\par\tab So is he that hireth a fool and he that hireth them that pass by.

Proverbs 26:8

As one that bindeth a stone in a sling,\par\tab So is he that giveth honor to a fool.