Proverbs 26:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁶ The one who sends a message by a fool’s hand cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

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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 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 10:26

Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so the slacker is to the one who sends him on an errand.

Proverbs 13:17

A wicked envoy falls into trouble, but a trustworthy courier brings healing.

Proverbs 25:13

To those who send him, a trustworthy envoy is like the coolness of snow on a harvest day; he refreshes the life of his masters.

Proverbs 26:5

Answer a fool according to his foolishness or he’ll become wise in his own eyes.

Proverbs 26:7

A proverb in the mouth of a fool is like lame legs that hang limp.

Numbers 13:31

But the men who had gone up with him responded, ‘We can’t attack the people because they are stronger than we are! ’