Proverbs 26:9 - Easy To Read Version

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.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ As if a thorn should grow in the hand of a drunkard: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Proverbs 26:9 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 23:35

You will say, “They hit me but I never felt it. They beat me but I don’t remember it. Now I can’t wake up. I need another drink.”

Proverbs 26:10

Hiring a fool or some stranger passing by is dangerous—you don’t know who might get hurt.

Proverbs 26:8

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