Proverbs 26:8 - Easy To Read Version

⁸ Showing honor to a fool is as bad as tying a rock in a sling. {\cf2\super [35]}

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, So is he that giveth honour to a fool.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Like he who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a [self-confident] fool.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ As one that bindeth a stone in a sling, So is he that giveth honor to a fool.

Common English Bible

⁸ Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving respect to a fool.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Just like one who casts a stone into the pile of Mercury, so also is he who gives honor to the foolish.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ As he that casteth a stone into the heap of Mercury: so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

Proverbs 26:8 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 19:10

A foolish person should not be rich. That would be like a slave ruling over princes.

Proverbs 26:1

Snow shouldn’t fall in the summer. And rain shouldn’t fall during harvest time. In the same way, people should not honor a fool.

Proverbs 26:7

When a fool tries to say something wise, it is like a crippled person trying to walk.

Proverbs 26:9

When a fool tries to say something wise, it is the same as a drunk person trying to pick a thorn out of his hand.

Proverbs 30:22

A servant that becomes a king, a foolish person that has everything he needs,