Proverbs 26:9 - Modern King James Version

⁹ As a thorn goes up into the hand of a drunkard, 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

saying, They struck me; I was not sick; they beat me, but I did not know it. When I awaken, I will add more. I will seek it again.

Proverbs 26:10

Great is the Former of all, but he who hires a fool is like one who hires one passing by.

Proverbs 26:8

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