Proverbs 26:9 - Modern English Version

⁹ Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

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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 struck me,” you will say, “but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I must have another drink.”

Proverbs 26:10

Like an archer who wounds all so is he who hires the fool or the passerby.

Proverbs 26:8

Like he who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.